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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS090-712-5 Date: Apr. 1998
Geographic Region: USA-TEXAS
Feature: GUADALUPE MTS.,PIVOT AGR


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STS090-712-005 Guadalupe Mountains, Texas, USA April 1998
The southern end of the Guadalupe Mountains that includes Guadalupe Peak (8751 feet-2667 meters), the highest point in Texas, is located almost in the center of the picture. In order to preserve the extensive fossil reef (largest in the world) Guadalupe Mountain National Park was created in 1972. The highly reflective surfaces west-southwest of the mountains are salt flats (dry lake beds). The darker, circular patterns west of the Guadalupe Mountains are cultivated, irrigated farmlands where center pivot irrigation techniques are being used to grow crops in this arid environment.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 339k
Mission: STS090  
Roll - Frame: 712 - 5
Geographical Name: USA-TEXAS  
Features: GUADALUPE MTS.,PIVOT AGR  
Center Lat x Lon: 32.0N x 105W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 5
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 19   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
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: 128  
 
Date: 19980425   YYYYMMDD
Time: 162454   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 31.7N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 104.3W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 109   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 134   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 51   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: MOUNTAIN, DESERT  
Water Views: PLAYA  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: PIVOT IRRIGATION  
City Views:  

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