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			Photo #: STS091-719-4 Date: Jun. 1998 Geographic Region: CHINA Feature: TIEN SHAN, AGR., URUMQI



	STS091-719-004 Dzungarian Basin, China June 1998 The northern foothills of the Tien Shan (mountains) slope into the southern margin of the arid Dzungarian Basin in northwest China. The eroded material from the higher mountains to the south, have produced large, fertile, alluvial fans that are being used extensively for irrigated farming (alternating and angular color patterns). Several intermittently flowing streams have cut perpendicular valleys through the mountain ridgeline (linear geologic feature) that extends diagonally through the center of the image. The Chinese city of Urumqi is located near the upper left corner of the image. An airport runway (light-colored linear feature near the left middle edge of the frame) is visible northwest of the city.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 369k
Mission:	STS091
Roll - Frame:	719 - 4
Geographical Name:	CHINA
Features:	TIEN SHAN, AGR., URUMQI
Center Lat x Lon:	43.6N x 87.8E
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	10
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	7	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	SW	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:	149
Date:	19980612	YYYYMMDD
Time:	084523	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	43.8N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	88.1E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	251	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	186	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	52	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	MOUNTAIN, ALLUVIAL FAN, BASIN
Water Views:
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	AGRICULTURE, AIRPORT
City Views:

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