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			Photo #: STS066-117-34 Date: Nov. 1994 Geographic Region: JAPAN Feature: SADO ISLAND, ISLAND WAKE



	STS066-117-034 Sado Island, Japan November 1994 The paralleling, northeast-southwest aligned mountains of Sado Island are connected in the middle by a plain. The island is separated from the west coast of Honshu Island by 19 miles (30 km). A small section of the Echigo Plain and a small coastal mountain (darker feature) located south of the city of Niigata are visible in the upper left corner of the image. Administratively Sado Island is part of Niigata prefecture. Notice that the sun's reflection off the water's surface (a phenomenon known as sunglint or sun glitter) has created a light colored image. The sunglint does identify a dark area north of the island, thereby providing a clue as to the direction of the water flow or current around Sado Island (in this case flowing from south to north), creating an island wake along the north side of the island.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 299k
Mission:	STS066
Roll - Frame:	117 - 34
Geographical Name:	JAPAN
Features:	SADO ISLAND, ISLAND WAKE
Center Lat x Lon:	38.0N x 138.5E
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:	37	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	100
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:	86
Date:	19941109	YYYYMMDD
Time:	012044	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	39.5N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	137.2E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	159	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	161	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	31	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	ISLAND, MOUNTAIN, PLAIN
Water Views:	ISLAND WAKE, SUNGLINT
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