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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS090-750-67 Date: May 1998
Geographic Region: USA-KANSAS
Feature: WACONDA RESERVOIR, AGR.


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STS090-750-067 Waconda Lake, Kansas April, 1998
Waconda Lake or Glen Elder Reservoir (it is called both) can be seen in the middle of numerous agricultural fields. This lake is the fourth largest lake in Kansas covering 12586 acres (5097 hectares), and is considered one of the state's best fishing lakes. Waconda Lake is located in north central Kansas below the forks of the North and South Solomon River in a region known as the Smoky Hills.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 389k
Mission: STS090  
Roll - Frame: 750 - 67
Geographical Name: USA-KANSAS  
Features: WACONDA RESERVOIR, AGR.  
Center Lat x Lon: 39.5N x 98.5W
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: 39   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NW   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: 240  
 
Date: 19980502   YYYYMMDD
Time: 155757   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 38.4N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 97.1W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 115   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 132   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 50   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: PLAIN  
Water Views: LAKE  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: AGRICULTURE  
City Views:  

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