Photo #: STS040-73-54 Date: Jun. 1991Geographic Region: MEXICO
Feature: G. CALIF,COL. R/DELTA,AGR.
|
Photo #: STS040-73-54 Date: Jun. 1991 Geographic Region: MEXICO Feature: G. CALIF,COL. R/DELTA,AGR. |
 |
| STS040-073-054 Northwest Mexico and Southern California, U.S.A. June 1991 Rugged mountains along the spine of Baja California, the deep blue water of the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez), and the deserts of northwestern Mexico and southern California highlight this photograph. This southerly view provides an excellent panorama extending from the Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley of southern California almost to the southern tip of Baja California. Human imprint on this landscape is primarily found along the rivers and their floodplains, where intensive irrigated agriculture exists. The Colorado River, with its cultivated field patterns (darker areas), can be seen to flow from the north toward the southwest and finally to empty into the broad delta at the center of the photograph and to enter the northern end of the Gulf of California. The international border between the United States and Mexico can be identified by the differences in land management, farming practices, and sizes of fields. The border is the east-west straight line approximately 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of the Salton Sea. The Altar Desert is the arid-looking area with no visible vegetation east of the mouth of the Colorado River. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 100k |
|
| Mission: | STS040 |
|
| Roll - Frame: | 73 - 54 |
|
| Geographical Name: | MEXICO |
|
| Features: | G. CALIF,COL. R/DELTA,AGR. |
|
| Center Lat x Lon: | 31.5N x 114.5W |
|
| Film Exposure: | N | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
| Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 30 |
|
| Camera:: | HB |
|
| Camera Tilt: | HO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 50 |
|
| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | SE | 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: | 6 |
|
| Date: | 19910605 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 211741 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 33.9N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 117.8W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 245 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 159 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 67 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | DESERT, MOUNTAIN, VALLEY, FAULT |
|
| Water Views: | GULF, RIVER, DELTA, LAKE |
|
| Atmosphere Views: | |
|
| Man Made Views: | AGRICULTURE |
|
| City Views: | |
|
Photo is not associated with any sequences | ||
| NASA Home Page |
JSC Home Page |
JSC Digital Image Collection |
Earth Science & Remote Sensing |
This service is provided by the International Space Station program and the JSC Earth Science & Remote Sensing Unit, ARES Division, Exploration Integration Science Directorate.
|