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			Photo #: STS036-80-62 Date: Mar. 1990 Geographic Region: ARGENTINA Feature: CERROS COLORADOS RESERV.



	STS036-080-062 Cerros Colorados Reservoir, Argentina March 1990 The deep blue waters of the Cerros Colorados Reservoir provide a dramatic contrast to the brown arid-to-semiarid landscape surrounding it. This reservoir is located in the mountains of west-central Argentina about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of Neuguén (not shown in this photograph), and the dam is located in the northwest corner of the reservoir. The ribbon-like floodplain of the Neuguén River curves around the north side of the reservoir. The reason for the color variation within the reservoir is unknown. Significant erosion features can be seen north and west of the reservoir. The southern flank of the Auca Mahuida Mountains is shown as a series of low escarpments north of the reservoir. A major west-to-east-aligned erosion drainage pattern is visible west of the reservoir along the Neuguén River as it snakes its way from its source tributaries in the Andes Mountains. Some evidence of interior drainage--small, highly reflective dry lakes (salt flats)--appears north of the reservoir between the low mountains to the west and the plateau to the north. This region is part of an extensive transition zone between the southwestern fringe of the grasslands of the Pampas and the windy, desert conditions of the northwestern extension of Patagonia.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 168k
Mission:	STS036
Roll - Frame:	80 - 62
Geographical Name:	ARGENTINA
Features:	CERROS COLORADOS RESERV.
Center Lat x Lon:	38.5S x 69W
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:	8	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	100
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	E	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:	56
Date:	19900303	YYYYMMDD
Time:	183319	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	38.5S	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	69.3W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	317	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	124	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	51	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	HILL, ESCARPMENT, DESERT, SALAR
Water Views:	LAKE, RESERVOIR, RIVER
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	DAM
City Views:

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