Photo #: STS51I-44-52 Date: Sep. 1985Geographic Region: GULF OF MEXICO
Feature: HURRICANE ELENA
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Photo #: STS51I-44-52 Date: Sep. 1985 Geographic Region: GULF OF MEXICO Feature: HURRICANE ELENA |
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| STS51I-44-0052 Hurricane Elena, Gulf of Mexico September 1985 Hurricane Elena, with wind speeds in excess of 110 miles per hour (177 kilometers per hour), was photographed in the Gulf of Mexico on September 1, 1985. Almost the entire storm can be seen in this high-oblique photograph. For instance, a number of thunderstorms with their overshooting tops, the spiral bands of numerous thunderstorms leading to the eye of the hurricane, and numerous cloud gravity waves within the spiral bands can be seen. Some portions of the eye wall, where the most destructive winds of the storm occur, are also visible. This storm eventually made landfall near Gulfport, Mississippi. Hurricane Elana in the Gulf of Mexico, exact location unknown. The presence of a tight, well formed, gyre and elevated cloud berm bordering the eye, are indicators of a very powerful and dangerous hurricane with very high internal cyclonic wind speeds. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 71k |
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| Mission: | STS51I |
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| Roll - Frame: | 44 - 52 |
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| Geographical Name: | GULF OF MEXICO |
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| Features: | HURRICANE ELENA |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | N x E |
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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: | 90 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | HO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 100 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
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| Stereo?: | N | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
| Orbit Number: | 80 |
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| Date: | 19850901 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 115751 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 21.2N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 80.3W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 85 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 234 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 11 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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| Water Views: | GULF |
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| Atmosphere Views: | HURRICANE, THUNDERSTORM |
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| Man Made Views: | |
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| City Views: | |
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