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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS61C-46-10 Date: Jan. 1986
Geographic Region: CHINA
Feature: PRATAS ISLAND


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STS61C-46-0010 Pratas (Dongsha) Island, South China Sea January 1986
Pratas Island, its lagoon, and its horseshoe-shaped coral reef are the centerpiece in this southeast-looking, low-oblique photograph. Named Dongsha Island (East Sand Island) by the Chinese, Pratas is approximately 200 miles (322 kilometers) southeast of Hong Kong in the northern South China Sea. The island and its reef are the remains of coral skeletons on a submerged sea terrace now 984 feet (300 meters) below the sea surface. The island is a sanctuary for many tropical birds. The phosphorous-rich lime soils of the island mix with the abundant bird guano deposits to make excellent fertilizer that is transported by the Chinese to the mainland for agricultural use.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 92k
Mission: STS61C  
Roll - Frame: 46 - 10
Geographical Name: CHINA  
Features: PRATAS ISLAND  
Center Lat x Lon: 20.5N x 117.0E
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 20
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 17   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NE   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: 10  
 
Date: 19860113   YYYYMMDD
Time: 014908   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 20.1N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 116.2E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 135   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 181   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 33   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: ISLAND  
Water Views: LAGOON, SEA, REEF  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: MINING  
City Views:  

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