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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: STS61A-50-57 Date: Nov. 1985
Geographic Region: USA-HAWAII
Feature: HAWAII

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  STS61A-050-0057 Hawaii, Hawaii, U.S.A. November 1985
Hawaii, the archipelago's youngest and largest island, is featured in this low-oblique, north-looking photograph. Apparent are the three main volcanoes that have created the big island--Mauna Loa [13 679 feet (4169 meters)], the easiest to recognize with its rift zone and dark, riblike basalt lava flows that radiate outward from the higher elevations; brownish-looking Mauna Kea, slightly taller at 13 796 feet (4205 meters), but lacking the dramatic appearance of Mauna Loa; and Kilauea near the south-eastern coast. The multiple craters of Kilauea [4078 feet (1243 meters)] are not easily discernible in this photograph. Kilauea and Mauna Loa continue to be two of the world's most active shield volcanoes as they periodically add new acreage to the big island.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 343k
Mission: STS61A  
Roll - Frame: 50 - 57
Geographical Name: USA-HAWAII  
Features: HAWAII  
Center Lat x Lon: 19.5N x 155.5W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 40
 
Camera: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 50   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: N   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: 19851101   YYYYMMDD
Time: 203607   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 16.0N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 155W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 143   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 176   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 52   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: VOLCANO, ISLAND  
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