Photo #: STS090-712-5 Date: Apr. 1998 Geographic Region: USA-TEXAS Feature: GUADALUPE MTS.,PIVOT AGR |
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 |
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Mission: | STS090 |
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Roll - Frame: | 712 - 5 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-TEXAS |
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Features: | GUADALUPE MTS.,PIVOT AGR |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 32.0N x 105W |
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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: | 19 | 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: | 128 |
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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 |
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Water Views: | PLAYA |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | PIVOT IRRIGATION |
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City Views: | |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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