Photo #: STS068-260-31 Date: Oct. 1994Geographic Region: MEXICO
Feature: BAJA COAST,SGLINT,CURRENTS
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Photo #: STS068-260-31 Date: Oct. 1994 Geographic Region: MEXICO Feature: BAJA COAST,SGLINT,CURRENTS |
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| STS068-260-031 Internal Waves, Baja Peninsula, Mexico October 1994 In the sun-glint, bands of internal waves can be seen approaching the Baja Peninsula near Point Prieta in Mexico in this north-looking low-oblique view. The area of the band of internal waves is just to the north of the Bay of Sebastian Vizcaino. Internal Waves are located just below the sea surface from near 10 feet (3 meters) to over 300 feet (92 meters). They are most obvious at a density interface within the ocean, such as, the base of the upper mixed layer of thermocline. The spacing of these internal waves can vary from over 1 mile (1.6 km) to 5 miles (8 km) and they usually occur in packs of four to eight waves per packet. Oceanographers became aware of internal waves in 1975 when they were photographed in the Andaman Sea by astronauts on the Apollo-Soyuz Mission. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 160k |
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| Mission: | STS068 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 260 - 31 |
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| Geographical Name: | MEXICO |
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| Features: | BAJA COAST,SGLINT,CURRENTS |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 29.2N x 114.6W |
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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: | 45 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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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: | 168 |
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| Date: | 19941010 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 184454 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 31.0N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 114.9W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 163 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 111 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 51 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | COAST, MOUNTAIN, DESERT |
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| Water Views: | INTERNAL WAVE, SUNGLINT, OCEAN |
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