Photo #: STS074-711-18 Date: Nov. 1995 Geographic Region: USA-UTAH Feature: GREAT SALT LAKE, DESERT |
STS074-711-018 Great Salt Lake, Willard Bay, and Bear River Bay, Utah, U.S.A. November 1995 A railroad causeway through the middle of the Great Salt Lake and color variations of the lake caused by differences in salt concentration in the two halves are discernible in this northeast-looking, low-oblique photograph. The bluer northern half of the lake has a higher salt concentration, and the more sediment-filled southern half receives more runoff from neighboring mountains, thereby making it less salty. To the east of the north-south-trending Promontory Mountains are Willard Bay, Willard Reservoir, and Bear River Bay. Desiccation ponds and large evaporite pans are visible east of Willard Bay. The rugged peaks of the cloud-covered Wasatch Range lie east of the Hansels Mountains (lower left). |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 325k |
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Mission: | STS074 |
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Roll - Frame: | 711 - 18 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-UTAH |
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Features: | GREAT SALT LAKE, DESERT |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 41.5N x 112.5W |
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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: | 5 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | 21 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | E | 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: | 38 |
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Date: | 19951114 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 211805 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 41.3N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 113.8W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 211 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 210 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 25 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | MOUNTAIN |
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Water Views: | LAKE, BAY |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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