Photo #: STS068-253-72 Date: Oct. 1994 Geographic Region: MYANMAR (BURMA) Feature: SALWEEN RIVER DELTA |
STS068-253-072 Salween River Delta, Burma October 1994 The silt-laden mouth of the Salween River is visible in this west-looking view. The Salween River rises in the Tibet Plateau of western China just to the south of the Kunlun Mountains. The river flows generally in a southeast direction for 1750 miles (2815 km) through deep, narrow gorges from China into Burma to its mouth. In Burma, the river cuts through the Shan Plateau and Karenni Hills before emptying into the Gulf of Martaban near the port city of Moulmein. The Salween River has few tributaries and because of the river's numerous rapids, is navigable for only 75 miles (120 km) upstream. The small river entering the scene at the bottom left of the image is the Hlaingbwe. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 351k |
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Mission: | STS068 |
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Roll - Frame: | 253 - 72 |
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Geographical Name: | MYANMAR (BURMA) |
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Features: | SALWEEN RIVER DELTA |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 16.5N x 97.5E |
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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: | 10 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | 48 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | SW | 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: | 79 |
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Date: | 19941005 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 071945 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 18.3N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 98.8E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 237 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 118 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 51 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | PLAIN, HILL, FOREST, ISLAND |
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Water Views: | RIVER, DELTA, SEDIMENT |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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