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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: STS046-78-26 Date: Aug. 1992
Geographic Region: BRAZIL
Feature: RONDONIA, DEFOREST, CITY

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  STS046-078-026 Rondônia, Brazil August 1992
This photograph, showing the destruction of tropical rain forests, provides a visual indication of the rate of deforestation that is taking place in the state of Rondônia, which has been especially hard hit by deforestation. The amount of clear-cut area now exceeds the area of remaining rain forest timber stands. The solid dark green areas show the remaining tropical rain forest canopy. Two urban areas separated by a small river can be seen near the center of the photograph. This photograph and photograph STS-51G-034-0060, taken 7 years earlier, are representative of much larger areas where tropical rain forests are being decimated to permit farming and grazing in Brazil, Central America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 180k
Mission: STS046  
Roll - Frame: 78 - 26
Geographical Name: BRAZIL  
Features: RONDONIA, DEFOREST, CITY  
Center Lat x Lon: N x E
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera: HB
 
Camera Tilt: LO   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:   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: 35  
 
Date: 19920802   YYYYMMDD
Time: 191034   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 11.7S  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 61.8W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 303   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 232   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 39   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: FOREST, BASIN  
Water Views: RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: DEFORESTATION  
City Views:  
Associated Photos in Sequence:

IMAGEPhoto #: STS51G-34-60
Description: BRAZIL, AMAZON BASIN-1985; DEFORESTATION PATTERNS
Sequence ID: 7A

IMAGEPhoto #: STS046-78-26 ** Currently displayed photo **
Description: BRAZIL, AMAZON BASIN-1992; CHANGING DEFORESTATION PATTERNS
Sequence ID: 7B

IMAGEPhoto #: STS046-80-36
Description: BRAZIL, AMAZON BASIN-1992; CHANGING DEFORESTATION PATTERNS
Sequence ID: 7C



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