Photo #: STS087-768-84 Date: Dec. 1997Geographic Region: LAOS
Feature: MEKONG RIVER
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Photo #: STS087-768-84 Date: Dec. 1997 Geographic Region: LAOS Feature: MEKONG RIVER |
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| STS087-768-084 Mekong River, Laos November 1997 The southerly draining Mekong River has formed a series of complex, multi-braided stream channels as the river crosses the Laos-Cambodia border (middle left) in southwest Laos. The muddy-looking Mekong has developed a series of paralleling stream channels to accommodate the abundance of water that flows through this river basin during the annual wet summer monsoons that Southeast Asia experiences. The lighter-colored speckled-looking landscape adjacent to the river shows a flooded rural countryside. The Laotian city of Muang Khong is located along the east bank of the Mekong River (slightly below and left of center). Sections of a north-south aligned highway (thin, light-colored lines) are visible along the east side of the river. The dark area along the right edge of the image (looks like a shadow) is caused by the edge of the Space Shuttle's window obscuring part of the scene. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 377k |
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| Mission: | STS087 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 768 - 84 |
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| Geographical Name: | LAOS |
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| Features: | MEKONG RIVER |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 14.0N x 106.0E |
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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: | 35 | 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?: | Y | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
| Orbit Number: | 183 |
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| Date: | 19971201 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 045623 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 14.4N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 107.7E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 187 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 150 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 54 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | VALLEY |
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| Water Views: | RIVER, CHANNEL |
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