Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers, 7 March, 2000

STS-099 Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers
March 7, 2000

ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC PHENOMENA

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STS099-715-77 Sea Ice Vortex - Both topography and bathymetry combine with wind and sea currents to produce this pattern of sea ice in the extreme southern Sea of Okhotsk. The rugged shoreline of north Hokkaido and the Kurile Archipelago have channeled northerly winds and surface waters into a gyre here, clearly depicted in the pattern of sea ice.

STS099-715-85 Sea Ice Vortex - Another gyre of sea ice has formed in the southern Sea of Okhotsk, just northeast of the Hokkaido one. However, this one turns in the opposite direction as wind and water are deflected by Iuturup Island in the Kuriles.

STS099-355-24 Airglow and diffuse red aurora borealis. There are two separate atmospheric optical phenomena in the photo. The thin greenish band above the horizon is airglow; radiation emitted by the atmosphere from a layer about 30 km thick and about 100 km altitude.

STS099-356-26 Air Glow.

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STS099-715-77	Sea Ice Vortex - Both topography and bathymetry combine with wind and sea currents to produce this pattern of sea ice in the extreme southern Sea of Okhotsk. The rugged shoreline of north Hokkaido and the Kurile Archipelago have channeled northerly winds and surface waters into a gyre here, clearly depicted in the pattern of sea ice.
STS099-715-85	Sea Ice Vortex - Another gyre of sea ice has formed in the southern Sea of Okhotsk, just northeast of the Hokkaido one. However, this one turns in the opposite direction as wind and water are deflected by Iuturup Island in the Kuriles.
STS099-355-24	Airglow and diffuse red aurora borealis. There are two separate atmospheric optical phenomena in the photo. The thin greenish band above the horizon is airglow; radiation emitted by the atmosphere from a layer about 30 km thick and about 100 km altitude.
STS099-356-26	Air Glow.

This service is provided by the International Space Station program and the JSC Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science Directorate. Recommended Citation: Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth." .
	NASA Responsible Official: Tracy Calhoun Curator: jsc-earthweb@mail.nasa.gov Contributors: Earth Sciences Web Team	National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center	International Space Station National Laboratory Last Update:
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