Photo #: STS077-713-64 Date: May 1996Geographic Region: BOLIVIA
Feature: LAKE POOPO,SUNGLINT,MTS.
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Photo #: STS077-713-64 Date: May 1996 Geographic Region: BOLIVIA Feature: LAKE POOPO,SUNGLINT,MTS. |
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| STS077-713-064 Lake Poopo, Bolivia May 1996 Lake Poopo, normally a large, marsh-fringed salt lake, is featured in this west-looking, low-oblique photograph. Located on the Andean altiplano at more than 12 000 feet (3660 meters) above sea level, the lake--normally no more than 10 feet (3 meters) deep and 1150 square miles (3000 square kilometers) in area--has experienced decreasing water levels since the early 1990s. The lake lies at the lower end of a surface drainage system, the Desaguadero River that starts at Lake Titicaca to the north, whose levels have also been receding. Lake Poopo drains to the west into Salar de Coipasa, a salt basin. (Refer to the following photographs for lake levels and other information: STS-51J-144-0023, October 1985; STS-032-088-069, January 1990; STS-048-072-049, September 1991, STS-064-091-022, September 1994; and STS-073-735-047, October 1995.) |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 139k |
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| Mission: | STS077 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 713 - 64 |
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| Geographical Name: | BOLIVIA |
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| Features: | LAKE POOPO,SUNGLINT,MTS. |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 19S x 67W |
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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: | W | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
| Stereo?: | N | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
| Orbit Number: | 7 |
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| Date: | 19960519 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 201623 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 20.6S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 63.5W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 300 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 153 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 18 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | MOUNTAIN, SALAR, PLATEAU |
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| Water Views: | LAKE |
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