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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS073-707-6 Date: Oct. 1995
Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA
Feature: SALT PANS, GOOSE LAKE


IMAGE
 
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
Mission: STS073  
Roll - Frame: 707 - 6
Geographical Name: USA-CALIFORNIA  
Features: SALT PANS, GOOSE LAKE  
Center Lat x Lon: 41.0N x 120W
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: LO   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 100  
 
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  
 
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  
Water Views: LAKE, PLAYA  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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