Photo #: STS102-344-23 Date: Mar. 2001 Geographic Region: TURKEY Feature: MT. ARARAT, SNOW |
Mount Ararat (16,940 feet, 5165 m) is the largest volcano in Turkey. Although not currently active, its most recent eruption has probably been within the last 10,000 years. It is located in extreme northeastern Turkey, near the borders with Iran and Armenia. Southwest of the main peak lies Little Ararat ( 12,877 feet, 3896 m). Ahora Gorge is a northeast-trending chasm dropping 6000 feet from the top of the mountain and was the focus of a major earthquake in 1840. A number of claims by different explorers to have found remnants of Noah's Ark on Mt. Ararat have led to continuing expeditions to the mountain, many of which have focused their searches on the gorge area. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 52k |
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Mission: | STS102 |
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Roll - Frame: | 344 - 23 |
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Geographical Name: | TURKEY |
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Features: | MT. ARARAT, SNOW |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 39.5N x 44.5E |
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Film Exposure: | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
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Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 10 |
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Camera Tilt: | 50 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
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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=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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Orbit Number: | 155 |
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Date: | 20010318 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 073305 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 35.6N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 43.2E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 141 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 205 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 47 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | MOUNTAIN, VOLCANO |
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