Photo #: STS056-77-38 Date: Apr. 1993 Geographic Region: USA-NEW MEXICO Feature: SIERRA BLANCA |
STS056-077-038 Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, U.S.A. April 1993 The heavily forested Sacramento, Sierra Blanca, and Capitan Mountains of south-central New Mexico show a series of deeply incised drainage features fanning out in all directions from higher elevations, the most prominent being created by the Hondo River flowing eastward toward the Pecos River Valley. Most of the streams in this semiarid region are intermittently flowing to the east. Subsurface limestone aquifers also transport ground water eastward. The mottled feature (lower right corner) indicates irrigation farming in the Pecos River Valley using artesian water that is transported from the mountains to the west. Visible is the northeast tip of the highly reflective White Sands National Monument, the world's largest gypsum field. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 338k |
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Mission: | STS056 |
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Roll - Frame: | 77 - 38 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-NEW MEXICO |
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Features: | SIERRA BLANCA |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 33.5N x 105.5W |
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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: | 6 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 100 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | SW | 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: | 39 |
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Date: | 19930410 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 151453 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 33.7N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 105.3W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 102 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 162 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 32 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | MOUNTAIN, VALLEY, DESERT |
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Water Views: | RIVER |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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