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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS060-83-1 Date: Feb. 1994
Geographic Region: USA-UTAH
Feature: LAKE POWELL, NAVAJO MT.


IMAGE
 
STS060-083-001 Lake Powell and Kaiparowits Plateau, Utah and Arizona, U.S.A. February 1994
The southern portion of Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is featured in this northeast-looking, low-oblique photograph. Rugged, snow-covered Navajo Mountain (near the upper right corner of the photograph) lies east of Lake Powell. Lake Powell covers approximately 252 square miles (653 square kilometers) and is used primarily for recreation and irrigation. Apparent are the Paria Plateau escarpment in northern Arizona (bottom left) and the Kaiparowits Plateau discernible west of the lake.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 372k
Mission: STS060  
Roll - Frame: 83 - 1
Geographical Name: USA-UTAH  
Features: LAKE POWELL, NAVAJO MT.  
Center Lat x Lon: 37.0N x 111W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 5
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 28   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: S   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: 116  
 
Date: 19940210   YYYYMMDD
Time: 200833   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 38.7N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 110.9W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 189   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 191   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 37   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: PLATEAU, ESCARPMENT  
Water Views: LAKE  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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