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			Photo #: STS055-93-38 Date: May 1993 Geographic Region: TANZANIA Feature: LAKE EYASI, VERY SHALLOW



	STS055-093-038 Lake Eyasi, Tanzania May 1993 Lake Eyasi, located south of the Serengeti National Park and immediately southwest of the Ngorongoro Crater, is one of several lakes on the floor of the East African Rift Valley. The southwest flank of Ngorongoro Volcano drains into the northeast end of the lake. Although the southwestern quarter of the lake is not included in this photograph, the lake is generally rectangular, except the indented southeast side, which appears to be shallower because sediment has filled in the shore. Most of the former shoreline can be identified by the color change around the fairly steep embanked perimeter of the lake. Seasonal water level fluctuations in the lake are dramatic, perhaps indicating that Lake Eyasi is relatively shallow even during periods of maximum water levels. This photograph shows some dark water in the northeast part of the lake; however, recent Space Shuttle photographs have shown Eyasi to be almost devoid of water.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 119k
Mission:	STS055
Roll - Frame:	93 - 38
Geographical Name:	TANZANIA
Features:	LAKE EYASI, VERY SHALLOW
Center Lat x Lon:	3.5S x 35.0E
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	15
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	19	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
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:	109
Date:	19930503	YYYYMMDD
Time:	095140	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	2.9S	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	34.3E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	351	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	162	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	71	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	VALLEY, BASIN, ESCARPMENT, PLATEAU, FAULT
Water Views:	LAKE, SEDIMENT, RIVER
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