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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS073-702-17 Date: Oct. 1995
Geographic Region: USA-COLORADO
Feature: SAN LUIS VALLEY,PIVOT AG


IMAGE
 
STS073-702-017 Rio Grande Headwaters, Colorado, U.S.A. October 1995
Apparent is the canyon eroded by the Rio Grande through the San Juan Mountains west of Del Norte (not discernible near center of the photograph) along the western edge of the San Luis Valley in south-central Colorado. Sediment deposits are visible along the eastern flank of the San Juan Mountains. The two highly reflective drainage patterns north and south of the river (upper and lower left corners) appear to be accumulations of salt from evaporation. Center-pivot irrigation provides a high level of agricultural activity in the San Luis Valley.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 376k
Mission: STS073  
Roll - Frame: 702 - 17
Geographical Name: USA-COLORADO  
Features: SAN LUIS VALLEY,PIVOT AG  
Center Lat x Lon: 37.5N x 106.5W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 28   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
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: 116  
 
Date: 19951027   YYYYMMDD
Time: 164744   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 36.6N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 105.6W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 145   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 143   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 33   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: VALLEY, MOUNTAIN, PLATEAU  
Water Views: RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: PIVOT IRRIGATION  
City Views:  

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