Photo #: STS032-81-79 Date: Jan. 1990 Geographic Region: BRAZIL Feature: LAG. MIRIM,LAGO DOS PATOS |
STS032-081-079 Lagoa dos Patos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil January 1990 Two large tidal lagoons interconnect in this southeast-looking, low-oblique photograph of the coastal state of Rio Grande do Sul in southernmost Brazil. Aligned northeast to southwest along the coast, Lagoa dos Patos and Lagoa Mirim, respectively, are separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a sandbar of varying widths. Lagoa dos Patos, with pronounced sediment plumes, stretches 150 miles (250 kilometers) from its northernmost point near Pôrto Alegre to its southernmost boundary near the port city of Rio Grande. Drainage from pastureland and rice fields, increasing population, and increased effluents from industrial development have degraded the water quality and created concern for the fragile ecosystem. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 148k |
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Mission: | STS032 |
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Roll - Frame: | 81 - 79 |
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Geographical Name: | BRAZIL |
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Features: | LAG. MIRIM,LAGO DOS PATOS |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 32S x 52W |
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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: | HO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | SE | 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: | 162 |
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Date: | 19900119 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 172857 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 28S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 57W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 285 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 180 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 68 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | COAST, PLAIN |
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Water Views: | LAGOON, RIVER, OCEAN, SEDIMENT |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | AGRICULTURE |
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City Views: | |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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