Photo #: STS062-152-260 Date: Mar. 1994Geographic Region: USA-LOUISIANA
Feature: ATCHAFALAYA RIVER DELTA, SED.
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Photo #: STS062-152-260 Date: Mar. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-LOUISIANA Feature: ATCHAFALAYA RIVER DELTA, SED. |
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| STS062-152-260 Atchafalaya River, Louisiana, U.S.A. March 1994 This dramatic photograph shows a complicated pattern of streams and canals that is typical of this sensitive wetland environment. Despite the large quantity of silt that is regularly deposited in the Atchafalaya River delta, this section of the Louisiana coast is experiencing an alarming loss of shoreline through natural erosion. U.S. Highway 90 can be traced from Houma in the east (lower left edge) through Morgan City, Franklin, Jeanerette, New Iberia, and Lafayette (right margin of the photograph). Discernible are large Marsh Island and several bays from west to east--Vermilion Bay, West Cote Blanche Bay, East Cote Blanche Bay, and Atchafalaya Bay. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 259k |
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| Mission: | STS062 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 152 - 260 |
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| Geographical Name: | USA-LOUISIANA |
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| Features: | ATCHAFALAYA RIVER DELTA, SED. |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 29.5N x 91.5W |
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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:: | LH |
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| Camera Tilt: | 17 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | N | 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: | 99 |
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| Date: | 19940310 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 175801 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 28.7N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 91.6W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 171 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 162 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 57 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | COAST, ISLAND |
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| Water Views: | SEDIMENT, BAY, RIVER |
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