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			Photo #: ISS002-E-6913 Date: Jun. 2001 Geographic Region: INDIAN OCEAN I(S). Feature: ILES GLORIEUSES



	The iles Eparses (scattered islets) dot the Indian Ocean to the west and north of Madagascar. The islands were protected by the French government in 1975 because of their importance for turtles and seabird nesting. The above photograph (ISS002-E-6913) shows details of the reefs surrounding iles Glorieuses, one group in the iles Eparses, and was taken 17 June 2001 from the International Space Station. The image was used to plan the 2002-2003 field expeditions conducted by Agence pour la Recherche et la Valorisation Marines, based in Reunion and partners. The photograph served as a base map for field cartography of the geomorphological and ecological zones of the reefs. These maps supported biological inventories and surveys of coral reef health using the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network and Reef Check (https://www.reefcheck.org/) protocols. The high spatial resolution of these astronaut photographs (about 5 m/pixel ) captures the detail needed to support this kind of detailed field research. Images of coral reefs taken from the International Space Station are one of the science themes for the Crew Earth Observations Project. Research in the iles Eparses is part of a 5-year project coordinated through a French initiative to preserve and restore coral reefs, IFRECOR (Initiative Francaise pour les Recifs Corallines). The project was created following severe coral bleaching events in the region in 1998. The next step in the IFRECOR project is to get more detailed information on another island, Juan de Nova. Fortunately, for these marine biologists, the Space Station Expedition 5 crew took a detailed photograph of this small island on 11 August 2002, and it is ready for them to use in the field (see ISS005-E-9412). Text provided by J.-Pascal Quod (ARVAM). More information on the studies of the importance of the iles Eparses can be found in Reef Encounter vol. 32, pages 33-36.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 73k
Mission:	ISS002
Roll - Frame:	E - 6913
Geographical Name:	INDIAN OCEAN I(S).
Features:	ILES GLORIEUSES
Center Lat x Lon:	11.5S x 47.5E
Film Exposure:		N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	10
Camera:	E2
Camera Tilt:	25	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	800
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	W	The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:		Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:	2711
Date:	20010617	YYYYMMDD
Time:	081613	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	11.2S	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	49.1E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	11	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	213	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	55	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	ISLAND
Water Views:	OCEAN, REEF
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