Photo #: STS028-74-70 Date: Aug. 1989 Geographic Region: CANADA-BC Feature: ROCKY MOUNTAINS |
STS028-074-070 Rocky Mountains, Canada and United States August 1989 The southern extent of the Canadian Rocky Mountains is revealed in this low-oblique photograph, which encompasses a large geographic area centered near the junction of southeast British Columbia and northwest Montana. The northwest-southeast-trending of multiple parallel ridges and glacial valleys is obvious. Even though the photograph was made in the summer, there is snow on many of the elevated peaks and ridge lines, primarily on those farther north in Canada. Visible near the northwestern side of the photograph is the large U-shaped valley of the Kootenay River, a south-flowing river that eventually empties into the Columbia River. Fairly large cultivated field patterns are observed in the valley north of Flathead Lake (discernible near the south edge of the photograph) near Kalispell, Montana. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 349k |
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Mission: | STS028 |
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Roll - Frame: | 74 - 70 |
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Geographical Name: | CANADA-BC |
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Features: | ROCKY MOUNTAINS |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 50.0N x 115W |
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Film Exposure: | N | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 20 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | LO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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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: | 50 |
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Date: | 19890811 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 144223 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 42.7N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 111.9W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 90 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 161 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 23 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | MOUNTAIN, VALLEY |
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Water Views: | RIVER, LAKE |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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