Photo #: STS080-750-76 Date: Dec. 1996Geographic Region: TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO
Feature: RANGIROA ATOLL, REEFS
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Photo #: STS080-750-76 Date: Dec. 1996 Geographic Region: TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO Feature: RANGIROA ATOLL, REEFS |
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| STS080-750-76 Rangiroa Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago November 1996 The largest of the atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago, Rangiroa Atoll can be seen in this north-looking view. The Tuamotu Archipelago comprises 78 low islands or atolls scattered over hundreds of miles (kilometers) in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the world's most extensive atoll archipelago. Rangiroa Atoll is 42 miles (78 km) long and 16 miles (24 km) wide and is the second largest atoll in the world. The largest atoll in the world is Kwajajein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Rangiroa Atoll has an irregular, elongated shape. The atoll is world famous for its unsurpassed scuba diving and has some of the clearest waters in the world. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 358k |
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| Mission: | STS080 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 750 - 76 |
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| Geographical Name: | TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO |
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| Features: | RANGIROA ATOLL, REEFS |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 15S x 147.5W |
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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: | 17 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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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?: | Y | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
| Orbit Number: | 178 |
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| Date: | 19961201 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 020916 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 15S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 146.5W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 253 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 194 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 25 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | ATOLL |
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| Water Views: | REEF, LAGOON, OCEAN |
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