Photo #: STS037-84-3 Date: Apr. 1991Geographic Region: ETHIOPIA
Feature: LAKE TANA
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Photo #: STS037-84-3 Date: Apr. 1991 Geographic Region: ETHIOPIA Feature: LAKE TANA |
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| STS037-084-003 Lake Tana, Ethiopia April 1991 Considered the source of the Blue Nile River, Lake Tana is visible in this spectacular, low-oblique, west-looking photograph. Located in the central highlands of Ethiopia, Lake Tana, the country's largest lake, covers 1400 square miles (3625 square kilometers). The lake is 47 miles (76 kilometers) long and 44 miles (71 kilometers) wide and sits at an elevation of 6000 feet (1830 meters) above sea level. Lake Tana has become sediment-filled because of many small streams flowing into it and area deforestation. At its southern end, the lake drains into the Blue Nile, which shortly thereafter [6 miles (9 kilometers)] plunges over the Tisisat Falls and turns eastward, then southeastward, into a series of rugged canyons. Near the south-southwest portion of the lake, the small delta of the Abbai River, which rises in the Choke Mountains south of the lake, is seen. The delta has been extending into the lake since the 1940s. The islands of Dega and Dek, near the center of the lake, are sites of former monasteries. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 114k |
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| Mission: | STS037 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 84 - 3 |
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| Geographical Name: | ETHIOPIA |
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| Features: | LAKE TANA |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 12.0N x 37.5E |
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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: | 5 |
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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: | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
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| Stereo?: | Y | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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| Date: | 199104__ | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | GMT HHMMSS |
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| Nadir Lat: | N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
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| Space Craft Altitude: | nautical miles |
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| Sun Elevation: | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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| Land Views: | PLATEAU, UPLAND, HILL |
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| Water Views: | LAKE, SEDIMENT, RIVER, DELTA |
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