Photo #: STS61B-52-43 Date: Dec. 1985 Geographic Region: USA-TEXAS Feature: KINGSVILLE |
STS61B-052-0043 Kingsville, Alazan Bay, and Baffin Bay, Texas, U.S.A. November 1985 This north-northwest-looking, low-oblique color infrared photograph features the grasslands and scrubland that comprise portions of the 2000-square-mile (5180-square-kilometer) King Ranch in south Texas. Kingsville, 34 miles (55 kilometers) southwest of Corpus Christi (not in photograph) and headquarters of the King Ranch, is a processing center for natural gas, dairy cattle, cotton, and winter vegetables. Visible are Baffin Bay and sediment-laden Alazan Bay. A small portion of Padre Island is also discernible. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 392k |
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Mission: | STS61B |
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Roll - Frame: | 52 - 43 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-TEXAS |
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Features: | KINGSVILLE |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 27.5N x 98W |
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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: | 14 | 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: | 93 |
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Date: | 19851202 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 205944 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 26.9N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 97.6W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 222 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 173 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 27 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | PLAIN, COAST |
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Water Views: | BAY |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | HIGHWAY, DRILLING, AGRICULTURE |
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City Views: | |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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