Earth from Space - Image Information


	Image Information

Display a Screen Layout for Printing


			Photo #: STS028-82-32 Date: Aug. 1989 Geographic Region: CANADA-A Feature: ATHABASCA RIVER



	STS028-082-032 Athabasca River, Alberta, Canada August 1989 The Athabasca River is visible as it flows northward across the boreal plain in northeast Alberta. The feature in the center of the image and along the western side of the Athabasca River is man made and is associated with the development of Athabasca oil sands. The location of Fort McMurray is identifiable near the bottom of the picture where the river makes a 90 degree turn (course change). The large dark feature near the top and east of the river is McClelland Lake and the smaller lake south of McClelland is Kearl Lake. Drainage patterns for several tributary streams can be identified in spite of dense vegetation in the undeveloped landscape.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 317k
Mission:	STS028
Roll - Frame:	82 - 32
Geographical Name:	CANADA-A
Features:	ATHABASCA RIVER
Center Lat x Lon:	57.0N x 111.5W
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	5
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	NV	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	N	The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:	N	Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:	20
Date:	19890809	YYYYMMDD
Time:	173250	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	55.4N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	111.4W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	138	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	161	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	44	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	PLAIN
Water Views:	RIVER, LAKE
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	MINING
City Views:

Photo is not associated with any sequences

NASA
Home Page

This service is provided by the International Space Station program and the JSC Earth Science & Remote Sensing Unit, ARES Division, Exploration Integration Science Directorate.