Photo #: ISS063-E-88524 Date: Sep. 2020 Geographic Region: ARGENTINA Feature: POSADAS LAKE, COCHRANE LAKE |
Lakes Pueyrredon and Posadas An astronaut onboard the International Space Station shot this photograph of Lake Pueyrredon and Lake Posadas in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina. Snow-covered foothills of the Andes Mountains appear along the lower margin. Streaks on the lake surface are produced by the strong winds that are very common in the region. The dark shadow of a cloud falls on the surface of Lake Posadas. Though the permanent population is small, tourism brings many people to Patagonia's lake region; the small airstrip and lakeside road aid with arrivals. Rivers from the local hills have dumped sediment on the shores of the lakes to form small deltas. Three are prominent on the shore of Lake Pueyrredon. (To the west in Chile, Lake Pueyrredon is known as Lake Cochrane.) Very strong and persistent winds have generated waves and currents powerful enough to erode sand from the toes of the fan-deltas, creating long, thin sand spits pointing down-current. The biggest delta is connected to the opposite shore by a sand bar 3.5 kilometers (2.2 miles) long; it actually may be an ancient moraine. This sand bar cut off the eastern end of Lake Pueyrredon to form the smaller Lake Posadas. Posadas is lighter in color because of the light-toned sediment flowing into it from the incoming river. Land surfaces here have been dynamic in the past one or two million years. Geologists now know that ice sheets that formed along the nearby Andes Mountains have expanded repeatedly, each time covering almost the entire area shown in the photo. Other astronaut photos such as this one show the Northern Patagonian ice sheet that affected Lake Pueyrredon. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 480k |
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Mission: | ISS063 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 88524 |
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Geographical Name: | ARGENTINA |
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Features: | POSADAS LAKE, COCHRANE LAKE |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 47.4S x 71.9W |
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Film Exposure: | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
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Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 10 |
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Camera:: | N8 |
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Camera Tilt: | 44 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 800 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | W | 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 |
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Date: | 20200915 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 182019 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 47.2S |
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Nadir Lon: | 68.2W |
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Sun Azimuth: | 325 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 229 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 35 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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