Photo #: STS61A-48-4 Date: Nov. 1985Geographic Region: LAOS
Feature: MEKONG RIVER
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Photo #: STS61A-48-4 Date: Nov. 1985 Geographic Region: LAOS Feature: MEKONG RIVER |
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| STS61A-48-0004 Mekong River, Laos November 1985 The muddy (brownish-looking) Mekong River, the major "highway" into Laos, forms part of the border between Laos (north) and Thailand (south). The Mekong has created fertile alluvial plains on both sides of the river valley. The Ngum River, a much smaller tributary stream of the Mekong, can also be seen as it meanders across the landscape north of the Mekong. The location of the Laotian capital, Vientiane, is barely discernible on the north side of the Mekong where the river makes its last sharp turn to the west (slightly below center). Vientiane is the smallest capital city (less than 400000 people) of all the countries on the mainland of Southeast Asia. The dark irregular shaped features that are scattered across the image are small lakes or reservoirs. Low, vegetated hills (dark areas bottom center and right) can be identified where the Mekong has cut a channel through the hills as the water flows southeasterly. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 401k |
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| Mission: | STS61A |
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| Roll - Frame: | 48 - 4 |
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| Geographical Name: | LAOS |
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| Features: | MEKONG RIVER |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 18.0N x 102.5E |
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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: | 5 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | 24 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | NW | 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: | 55 |
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| Date: | 19851103 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 025714 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 16.9N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 103.2E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 137 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 176 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 47 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | PLAIN |
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| Water Views: | RIVER |
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