Photo #: STS073-707-6 Date: Oct. 1995 Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA Feature: SALT PANS, GOOSE LAKE |
STS073-707-006 Black Rock Desert, Smoke Creek Desert, and Warner Mountains, California and Nevada, U.S.A. September 1995 The gray-green alkaline sinks of Smoke Creek Desert and Black Rock Desert and the northern part of Pyramid Lake in northwestern Nevada are apparent in this north-northwest-looking, low-oblique photograph. The blue waters of Goose Lake, a salt lake approximately 30 miles (50 kilometers) long and 10 miles (16 kilometers) wide are visible near the upper right of the photograph. East of Goose Lake are the north-south-trending Warner Mountains and the blue-gray waters of the Upper, Middle, and Lower Alkali Lakes. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 311k |
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Mission: | STS073 |
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Roll - Frame: | 707 - 6 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-CALIFORNIA |
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Features: | SALT PANS, GOOSE LAKE |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 41.0N x 120W |
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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: | LO | 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: | 51 |
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Date: | 19951023 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 165536 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 38.1N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 116.9W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 135 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 145 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 29 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | DESERT, PLATEAU |
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Water Views: | LAKE, PLAYA |
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