Photo #: STS068-249-51 Date: Oct. 1994Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA
Feature: COASTAL MTS, SUNGLINT
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Photo #: STS068-249-51 Date: Oct. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA Feature: COASTAL MTS, SUNGLINT |
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| STS068-249-051 Channel Islands and Santa Ynez Mountains, California, U.S.A. October 1994 The northern Channel Islands are captured in sunglint in this south-southwest-looking, low-oblique photograph. Near the center of the photograph is Santa Cruz, the largest of the islands. Visible are the Santa Ynez Mountains paralleling the coastline from near Point Conception to Ventura; the forested, rugged Sierra Madre Range farther inland; and the Santa Monica Mountains to the south. In the sunglint, island wakes, waves, and ship wakes are discernible. The Sierra Madre Range and Santa Monica Mountains are subject to devastating forest fires when grass and timber growth is enhanced by good winter and early spring rains. Recent fires in the Santa Monica Mountains destroyed homes and businesses westward to the beach. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 341k |
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| Mission: | STS068 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 249 - 51 |
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| Geographical Name: | USA-CALIFORNIA |
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| Features: | COASTAL MTS, SUNGLINT |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 34.0N x 119.5W |
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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: | 5 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | 52 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 100 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | S | 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: | 152 |
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| Date: | 19941009 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 190616 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 36.3N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 119.9W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 165 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 111 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 46 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | ISLAND, MOUNTAIN, FAULT |
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| Water Views: | BAY, INTERNAL WAVE, SUNGLINT |
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