Photo #: STS110-726-6 Date: Apr. 2002Geographic Region: NEW ZEALAND-NI
Feature: MT. EGMONT (MT. TARANAKI)
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Photo #: STS110-726-6 Date: Apr. 2002 Geographic Region: NEW ZEALAND-NI Feature: MT. EGMONT (MT. TARANAKI) |
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| STS110-726-6 Mount Egmont Volcano, New Zealand April 2002 Mount Egmont Volcano (sometimes referred to as Mount Taranaki) is a young stratovolcano that began to form 70 000 years ago. Located in southwest North Island, New Zealand, Mount Egmont, at 8261 feet (2518 meters) is the second tallest volcanic mountain in New Zealand. Perpetually snow-capped, the volcano last erupted in 1755. Mount Egmont has a history of a major size eruption occurring every 340 years, with numerous minor ones in between. The volcano has had three major cone collapses in the last 25 000 years with the last collapse occurring 6970 years ago. With each collapse, thick layers of ash and lava crumbled into thick, muddy avalanches called lahars. These lahars have reached the coastline 25 miles (40 km) to the west and north of the volcano (bottom center and left center). The volcano is surrounded by forest, especially on its lower flanks, which is part of a National Park. The lush forests of Egmont National Park, on New Zealand's North Island, contrast with the pasturelands outside the circular park boundaries. The unique shape of the park results from its first protection in 1881, which specified that a forest reserve would extend in a 9.6 km radius from the summit of Mt. Taranaki (named Mt. Egmont by Captain Cook). The park covers about 33 500 hectares and Mt. Egmont stands at 2518 m. A series of montane habitats occur in procession up the flanks of the volcano--from rainforest, to shrubs, to alpine, and finally snow cover. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 80k |
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| Mission: | STS110 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 726 - 6 |
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| Geographical Name: | NEW ZEALAND-NI |
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| Features: | MT. EGMONT (MT. TARANAKI) |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 39.5S x 174.0E |
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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: | 25 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | HO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 110 |
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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=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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| Orbit Number: | 18 |
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| Date: | 20020409 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 225606 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 38.2S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 175.8E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 27 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 90 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 40 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | FOREST, MOUNTAIN, VOLCANO |
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