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LOCATION Direction Photo #: ISS017-E-10310 Date: Jul. 2008
Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA
Feature: PIUTE FIRE, HEALD PK., RES.


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Piute Fire, California

The Piute Fire, burning south of Lake Isabella in the Sequoia National Forest in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, was one of the more than 300 wildfires burning across the state of California in early July 2008. The fire started June 28 just north of Twin Oaks, California, and had burned nearly 34,000 acres as of July 10, according to reports from the National Interagency Fire Center. They estimated the fire might not be brought under control for another 2 weeks.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 354k
Mission: ISS017  
Roll - Frame: E - 10310
Geographical Name: USA-CALIFORNIA  
Features: PIUTE FIRE, HEALD PK., RES.  
Center Lat x Lon: 35.5N x 118.5W
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 25
 
Camera:: N2
 
Camera Tilt: 45   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 180  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: N   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number: 3129  
 
Date: 20080704   YYYYMMDD
Time: 180421   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 32.4N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 118.1W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 104   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 187   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 63   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: FOREST  
Water Views: LAKE  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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