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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS090-751-10 Date: May 1998
Geographic Region: USA-UTAH
Feature: SAN JUAN RIVER,L. POWELL


IMAGE
 
STS090-751-010 Lake Powell, Henry Mountains, Utah April 1998
The northern half of Lake Powell and rugged Henry Mountains can be seen in this west-northwest-looking view. Lake Powell stretches from Lees Ferry in Arizona (not visible on the image) to the Orange Cliffs in Utah, discernible midway between the right center and upper right of the image, where the Colorado River enters into Lake Powell. Though not all visible in this image, Lake Powell is 186 miles (299 km) long and has nearly 2800 miles (4908 km) of shoreline. The rugged, forested Henry Mountains (upper center of the image) are a cluster of small igneous rock intrusions (laccoliths) that have lifted and domed overlying horizontal layers of sedimentary rocks. The Abajo Mountains (midway between the right center and bottom center of the image) are features similar to the Henry Mountains. The San Juan River is visible in the lower left portion of the image. The light-colored, fine patterns at the center and lower right of the image are small "badland' valleys cut by desert streams into the rocks of the region.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 309k
Mission: STS090  
Roll - Frame: 751 - 10
Geographical Name: USA-UTAH  
Features: SAN JUAN RIVER,L. POWELL  
Center Lat x Lon: 37.5N x 110.5W
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: LO   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: 241  
 
Date: 19980502   YYYYMMDD
Time: 172958   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 36.1N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 107.7W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 127   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 131   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 60   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: MOUNTAIN, PLATEAU, ESCARPMENT  
Water Views: LAKE, RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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