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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: STS040-73-54 Date: Jun. 1991
Geographic Region: MEXICO
Feature: G. CALIF, COL. R/DELTA, AGR.

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  STS040-073-054 Northwest Mexico and Southern California, U.S.A. June 1991
Rugged mountains along the spine of Baja California, the deep blue water of the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez), and the deserts of northwestern Mexico and southern California highlight this photograph. This southerly view provides an excellent panorama extending from the Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley of southern California almost to the southern tip of Baja California. Human imprint on this landscape is primarily found along the rivers and their floodplains, where intensive irrigated agriculture exists. The Colorado River, with its cultivated field patterns (darker areas), can be seen to flow from the north toward the southwest and finally to empty into the broad delta at the center of the photograph and to enter the northern end of the Gulf of California. The international border between the United States and Mexico can be identified by the differences in land management, farming practices, and sizes of fields. The border is the east-west straight line approximately 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of the Salton Sea. The Altar Desert is the arid-looking area with no visible vegetation east of the mouth of the Colorado River.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 100k
Mission: STS040  
Roll - Frame: 73 - 54
Geographical Name: MEXICO  
Features: G. CALIF, COL. R/DELTA, AGR.  
Center Lat x Lon: 31.5N x 114.5W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 30
 
Camera: HB
 
Camera Tilt: HO   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 50  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: SE   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: 6  
 
Date: 19910605   YYYYMMDD
Time: 211741   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 33.9N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 117.8W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 245   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 159   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 67   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: DESERT, MOUNTAIN, VALLEY, FAULT  
Water Views: GULF, RIVER, DELTA, LAKE  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: AGRICULTURE  
City Views:  
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