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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS028-74-70 Date: Aug. 1989
Geographic Region: CANADA-BC
Feature: ROCKY MOUNTAINS


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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
Mission: STS028  
Roll - Frame: 74 - 70
Geographical Name: CANADA-BC  
Features: ROCKY MOUNTAINS  
Center Lat x Lon: 50.0N x 115W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 20
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: LO   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: 50  
 
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  
Water Views: RIVER, LAKE  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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