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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS047-73-56 Date: Sep. 1992
Geographic Region: USA-WASHINGTON
Feature: MT. ST. HELENS,RIFFE L.


IMAGE
 
STS047-073-056 Mount Saint Helens Volcano, Washington, U.S.A. September 1992
The 230-square-mile (596-square-kilometer) blast zone from the eruption of Mount Saint Helens Volcano in May 1980 can be seen in this northwest-looking, low-oblique photograph. The former 9660-foot (2946-meter) volcanic mountain, part of the "Pacific Rim of Fire" that surrounds the Pacific Ocean Basin, lost 1300 feet (305 meters) as a result of the eruption. Hot ash and pumice, near-hurricane-force winds, and searing heat destroyed forest lands, wildlife, and human life in the blast zone. The photograph shows steam rising from the 1700-foot (518-meter) dome being built in the crater of the volcano. Tan ash and mud flows are still visible in the Toutle River Valley, which extends to the west of the volcano. Northwest of the volcano are the blue waters of Riffe Lake. Some clear-cut patterns are interspersed throughout the dark green Gifford Pinchot National Forest. (Refer to photographs STS-028-088-026 and STS-064-051-025 for more information about Mount Saint Helens Volcano.)


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 133k
Mission: STS047  
Roll - Frame: 73 - 56
Geographical Name: USA-WASHINGTON  
Features: MT. ST. HELENS,RIFFE L.  
Center Lat x Lon: 46.0N x 122W
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: 32   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NW   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: 86  
 
Date: 19920917   YYYYMMDD
Time: 230812   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 44.6N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 120.9W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 240   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 169   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 30   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: VOLCANO, RANGE, MOUNTAIN, FOREST, CRATER  
Water Views: LAKE, RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: DEFORESTATION  
City Views:  

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