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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS084-724-76 Date: May 1997
Geographic Region: SAUDI ARABIA
Feature: NAFUD DESERT


IMAGE
 
STS084-724-076 Desert Farming (Center Pivot Irrigation), Saudi Arabia May 1997
The desert landscape of north central Saudi Arabia has a variety of interesting colors and patterns that decrease in elevation across the image from southwest (left) to northeast (right). Darker colored areas tend to be isolated mountains and rocky ridges, while the lighter colored landscapes are sand dunes, areas of sand and gravel, and rock outcrops. Hundreds of cultivated circular fields (look like tiny dark specks on this synoptic view) are scattered between the rugged uplands (left) and red sands of the Nafud Al Mazhur (sand sea) along the right edge of the image. Most of the irrigated fields (referred to as center pivot irrigation) produce cereal grains, mainly wheat. The average field diameter is one kilometer. Many of these fields that are being used for agriculture are located on ancient alluvial fan deposits. Rumah Wadi (light colored, linear feature) extends from the upper left center of the image towards the bottom center. This dry riverbed (watercourse) passes just to the south of Buraydah (below and right of center).


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 362k
Mission: STS084  
Roll - Frame: 724 - 76
Geographical Name: SAUDI ARABIA  
Features: NAFUD DESERT  
Center Lat x Lon: 26.0N x 44.0E
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: 18   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: N   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: 63  
 
Date: 19970519   YYYYMMDD
Time: 071350   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 24.9N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 44.1E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 96   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 209   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 65   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: DESERT  
Water Views:  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: AGRICULTURE  
City Views:  

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