Photo #: STS112-E-5628 Date: Oct. 2002 Geographic Region: INDONESIA Feature: SANGEANG API |
In 1985, the small Indonesian island of Sangeang Api (for scale, the island is 13 km wide) off the northeast coast of Sumbawa began to erupt. Within a month, the 1250 inhabitants had evacuated to Sumbawa. The eruption lasted until 1988. The lava and pyroclastic flows--the wide channel running west from the summit--are still easily traced on this image taken last week by Space Shuttle astronauts (STS-112) . Today, the island's summit crater (1949 m) produces intermittent steam clouds. Compare this photograph to an earlier Space Shuttle photograph taken in November 1985. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 47k |
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Mission: | STS112 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 5628 |
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Geographical Name: | INDONESIA |
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Features: | SANGEANG API |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 8S x 119.0E |
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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:: | E4 |
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Camera Tilt: | 16 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 400 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | NW | 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: | 114 |
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Date: | 20021015 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 012319 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 8.7S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 119.7E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 92 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 205 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 54 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | COAST, VOLCANO, ISLAND |
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