Photo #: STS035-76-56 Date: Dec. 1990 Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-WA Feature: COAST-SHAW R.-GREY R. |
STS035-076-056 DeGrey River, Western Australia, Australia December 1990 Partial sunglint helps outline the northwest coastal region of Western Australia. The light-colored stream beds help to identify the confluence of the DeGrey and Shaw Rivers (slightly left of center) as the resultant DeGrey River flows northward into the Indian Ocean. The stream channels generally sustain flow only during the summer months when tropical thunderstorms rumble through this region. The two coastal lagoons near the top center of the image are evaporating ponds which are part of a salt mining operation based out of Port Hedland. (Refer to STS035-076-054 to see the adjacent scene west of this frame. Notice that the aqueduct that connects the two salt evaporating processing areas is more visible on the adjoining, overlapping frame.) |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 300k |
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Mission: | STS035 |
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Roll - Frame: | 76 - 56 |
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Geographical Name: | AUSTRALIA-WA |
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Features: | COAST-SHAW R.-GREY R. |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 20S x 119.0E |
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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: | 0 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | 29 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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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 | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
Orbit Number: | 94 |
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Date: | 19901208 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 053038 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 19.9S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 120.7E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 258 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 187 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 66 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | COAST |
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Water Views: | RIVER |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | MINING |
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City Views: | |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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