Photo #: STS51B-35-96 Date: May 1985Geographic Region: USA-UTAH
Feature: GREAT SALT LAKE
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Photo #: STS51B-35-96 Date: May 1985 Geographic Region: USA-UTAH Feature: GREAT SALT LAKE |
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| STS51B-035-0096 Great Salt Lake, Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah, U.S.A. May 1985 The Great Salt Lake, the largest inland body of saltwater in the Western Hemisphere, is featured in this northeast-looking, low-oblique photograph. Visible are a railroad causeway separating the two halves of the lake, the white former floor of prehistoric Lake Bonneville spanning more than half of the photograph, scattered clouds, and snow at the higher elevations of the Wasatch Range. The lake's water level varies seasonally and yearly. This photograph shows water levels higher than normal (see STS-074-111-018 from November 1995 to detect a difference in water level). Color variation in the lake is caused by higher concentrations of salt in the northern portion. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 294k |
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| Mission: | STS51B |
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| Roll - Frame: | 35 - 96 |
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| Geographical Name: | USA-UTAH |
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| Features: | GREAT SALT LAKE |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 41.0N x 113W |
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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: | 21 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 100 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | E | 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: | 34 |
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| Date: | 19850501 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 183214 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 41.3N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 114.2W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 148 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 194 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 60 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | DESERT, BASIN |
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| Water Views: | LAKE |
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