Photo #: STS41D-42-23 Date: Sep. 1984Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-WA
Feature: GASCOYNE RIVER
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Photo #: STS41D-42-23 Date: Sep. 1984 Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-WA Feature: GASCOYNE RIVER |
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| STS41D-42-0023 GASCOYNE RIVER, WA, AUSTRALIA, SEPTEMBER, 1984 An intricate and detailed drainage pattern of the ephemeral Gascoyne River (dark swath bottom center to upper left) can be observed in this arid region north of the Maeadam Plains in Western Australia. Numerous ephemeral tributary streams feed into the wide floodplain of the Gascoyne River from both the north and the south. Maps show this part of the river as a dry stream channel. The darker, linear features within the various braided stream channels are either an indication of some moisture (hence the darker appearance) or more likely, evidence the floodplain has sufficient moisture to support more vegetation than the surrounding desert landscape. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 320k |
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| Mission: | STS41D |
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| Roll - Frame: | 42 - 23 |
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| Geographical Name: | AUSTRALIA-WA |
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| Features: | GASCOYNE RIVER |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 25S x 117.0E |
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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: | 0 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | 8 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | NE | 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: | 92 |
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| Date: | 19840905 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 062744 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 25.2S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 116.7E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 103 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 161 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 44 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | FLOOD PLAIN |
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| Water Views: | RIVER |
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