Photo #: STS61A-41-85 Date: Nov. 1985 Geographic Region: USA-OKLAHOMA Feature: LAWTON |
STS61A-041-0085 Wichita Mountains and Lawton, Oklahoma, U.S.A. November 1985 The Wichita Mountains, an outlier of the Ouachitas of western Arkansas, are featured in this east-southeast-looking, low-oblique photograph. Domed sedimentaries were eroded, and the Wichitas are now composed of mostly igneous rocks, chiefly granites. The uplifted and base-leveled mountains have much in common with the Great Appalachians east of the Mississippi River. A large portion of the Wichita Mountains is a National Wildlife Refuge. Lawton, east-southeast of the Wichita Mountains, is a trade and commercial center for the surrounding cotton, wheat, and cattle area of southwestern Oklahoma. Industries include clothing, cement, and dairy products; limestone quarrying, and oil well production. The city also supports nearby Fort Sill, a U.S. Army Field Artillery Center. Visible north of Lawton are sediment-laden Lake Ellsworth and Fort Cobb Lake (left center). |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 437k |
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Mission: | STS61A |
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Roll - Frame: | 41 - 85 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-OKLAHOMA |
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Features: | LAWTON |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 35.0N x 98.5W |
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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: | 23 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | SE | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
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: | 19851104 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 165920 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 35.9N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 99.4W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 155 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 178 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 35 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | MOUNTAIN, PLAIN |
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Water Views: | LAKE |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | URBAN AREA, AGRICULTURE |
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City Views: | LAWTON |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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