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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS073-740-25 Date: Oct. 1995
Geographic Region: USA-COLORADO
Feature: AGR., MTS., RIO GRANDE


IMAGE
 
STS073-740-025 San Luis Valley, Colorado, U.S.A. October 1995
Part of the San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado is featured in this north-looking, low-oblique photograph. Visible in the valley are circular patterns produced by center-pivot irrigation; snowcapped Blanca Peak [14 345 feet (4372 meters) above sea level], north of which is Great Sand Dunes National Monument; and part of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Apparent are intermittently flowing San Luis Creek that travels south across the valley; dark San Luis Lake; and intermittently flowing water channels of the Rio Grande that merge with San Luis Creek near Alamosa (not discernible in this photograph). West of the Rio Grande is a light saline surface caused by the repetitive deposition and evaporation process in this desertlike landscape.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 338k
Mission: STS073  
Roll - Frame: 740 - 25
Geographical Name: USA-COLORADO  
Features: AGR., MTS., RIO GRANDE  
Center Lat x Lon: 37.5N x 105.5W
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: 29   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: W   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: 52  
 
Date: 19951023   YYYYMMDD
Time: 183244   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 37.1N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 104.2W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 177   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 146   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 42   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: VALLEY, DUNE, MOUNTAIN  
Water Views: RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: PIVOT IRRIGATION  
City Views:  

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