Photo #: STS51G-34-60 Date: Jun. 1985Geographic Region: BRAZIL
Feature: DEFORESTATION, RIO JAMARI
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Photo #: STS51G-34-60 Date: Jun. 1985 Geographic Region: BRAZIL Feature: DEFORESTATION, RIO JAMARI |
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| STS51G-034-0060 Rondonia, Brazil June 1985 Worldwide destruction of tropical rain forests has been under way for several decades. Nowhere has this destruction surpassed the deforestation of parts of the southern Amazon River Basin. The Brazilian state of Rondonia, which borders Bolivia, has been especially hard hit. This photograph shows the unique Brazilian pattern of clearing land only along transportation routes. Land clearings in the southern Amazon Basin usually radiate out in a perpendicular pattern from streams or roads. The clearings usually have a "herringbone" appearance. While the spacing of the perpendicular roads or tracts can vary, most of the intervals between these roads are 2 to 3 miles (4 to 5 kilometers). Photographs of the same geographic area collected on different dates provide information on changes that have occurred; for example, road clearings, slash and burn activities, and field pattern sizes. (Compare the clear-cut areas in this photograph with 1992 photograph STS-046-078-0026 taken 7 years later showing the clear-cut areas beginning to coalesce. Two small urban areas are on each photograph, but only one of the urban areas is common to both.) |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 136k |
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| Mission: | STS51G |
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| Roll - Frame: | 34 - 60 |
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| Geographical Name: | BRAZIL |
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| Features: | DEFORESTATION, RIO JAMARI |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 10.5S x 62.5W |
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| Film Exposure: | U | 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: | 11 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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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: | 20 |
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| Date: | 19850618 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 170553 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 9.9S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 62.5W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 338 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 193 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 54 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | FOREST, BASIN |
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| Water Views: | RIVER |
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| Atmosphere Views: | |
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| Man Made Views: | DEFORESTATION |
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| City Views: | |
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Associated Photos in Sequence:  Photo #: STS51G-34-60 ** Currently displayed photo ** Description: BRAZIL, AMAZON BASIN-1985; DEFORESTATION PATTERNS Sequence ID: 7A  Photo #: STS046-78-26Description: BRAZIL, AMAZON BASIN-1992; CHANGING DEFORESTATION PATTERNS Sequence ID: 7B  Photo #: STS046-80-36Description: BRAZIL, AMAZON BASIN-1992; CHANGING DEFORESTATION PATTERNS Sequence ID: 7C | ||
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