Photo #: STS090-721-55 Date: Apr. 1998Geographic Region: USA-UTAH
Feature: ST. GEORGE, HURRICANE
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Photo #: STS090-721-55 Date: Apr. 1998 Geographic Region: USA-UTAH Feature: ST. GEORGE, HURRICANE |
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| STS090-721-055 Saint George, Utah April 1998 At the center of this near-vertical view is the city of Saint George in the desert of southwestern Utah. The town is in the Virgin River valley, about 60 miles northeast of Lake Mead. Saint George is a tourist center for southern Utah's national parks such as Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Cedar Breaks. The city was founded in 1861 by Mormons and named "Dixie" because the area was a center for growing and processing cotton. Saint George is a growing "sun-belt" retirement community. The small town of Hurricane, north-northeast of Saint George, is discernible in the break in the clouds at upper left of the image. Quail Creek Reservoir is also visible northeast of St. George. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 366k |
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| Mission: | STS090 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 721 - 55 |
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| Geographical Name: | USA-UTAH |
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| Features: | ST. GEORGE, HURRICANE |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 37.0N x 113.5W |
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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: | 10 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | 18 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 100 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | S | 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: | 19980428 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 192100 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 37.7N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 113.3W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 174 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 131 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 67 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | PLATEAU, ESCARPMENT |
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| Atmosphere Views: | |
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| Man Made Views: | URBAN AREA |
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