Photo #: STS068-249-39 Date: Oct. 1994Geographic Region: USA-WYOMING
Feature: BIG HORN MOUNTAINS
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Photo #: STS068-249-39 Date: Oct. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-WYOMING Feature: BIG HORN MOUNTAINS |
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| STS068-249-039 Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming, U.S.A. October 1994 Formed 55 to 60 million years ago, the Bighorn Mountains shown in this southwest-looking, low-oblique photograph consist mostly of basement rocks more than 1 billion years old. The fault-thrust, glacier-carved range extends approximately 120 miles (195 kilometers) from the Pryor Mountains of south-central Montana (not visible) southeastward to the Bridger Mountains of central Wyoming (not visible). Snow covers the higher peaks of the Bighorn Mountains throughout the year; forests cover the lower slopes; and wildlife is abundant throughout the mountains. To the west are the Bighorn Basin and the Bighorn River with irrigated agricultural areas in its valley. Visible east of the Bighorn Mountains are the western portion of the Powder River Basin; long, narrow Lake De Smet; and Sheridan (barely discernible) on Goose Creek. To the north are the Wolf Mountains of south-central Montana (bottom right). |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 386k |
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| Mission: | STS068 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 249 - 39 |
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| Geographical Name: | USA-WYOMING |
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| Features: | BIG HORN MOUNTAINS |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 44.5N x 107W |
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| Film Exposure: | N | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
| Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 0 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | 24 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 100 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | NW | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
| Stereo?: | Y | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
| Orbit Number: | 151 |
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| Date: | 19941009 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 173505 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 43.8N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 106.6W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 155 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 111 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 37 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | MOUNTAIN, BASIN |
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| Water Views: | RIVER |
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