Photo #: STS066-86-90 Date: Nov. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-NORTH CAROLINA Feature: PAMLICO SOUND,OUTER BNKS |
STS066-086-090 Pamlico Sound Area, North Carolina, U.S.A. November 1994 Pamlico Sound, the large bay shown here in color infrared, is created by the barrier islands along the east coast of North Carolina. As demonstrated on this southeast-looking view of Cape Hatteras, color infrared film usually provides excellent documentation to discriminate land-water boundaries. Even though this picture is small scale, two definite channels through the sandy barrier islands (Hatteras Inlet southwest of Cape Hatteras and Oregon Inlet north of the Cape) are easily discerned. The eastern end of Lake Mattamuskeeta National Wildlife Refuge is visible as a dark feature near the lower right corner of the image. A southern extension of Albemarle Sound, known as the Alligator Channel (dark feature), is also visible (bottom center). This section of the Albemarle Sound is part of the Intracoastal Waterway. Several large cultivated field patterns (rectangular shapes) can be observed near the lower right corner of the image. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 282k |
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Mission: | STS066 |
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Roll - Frame: | 86 - 90 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-NORTH CAROLINA |
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Features: | PAMLICO SOUND,OUTER BNKS |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 35.5N x 76W |
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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: | 5 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | 31 | 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?: | N | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
Orbit Number: | 95 |
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Date: | 19941109 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 145241 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 34.1N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 75.3W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 148 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 159 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 33 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | COAST, ISLAND, CAPE |
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Water Views: | INLET, ESTUARY |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | AGRICULTURE |
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City Views: | |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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