Photo #: STS61A-48-76 Date: Nov. 1985Geographic Region: USA-TEXAS
Feature: HOUSTON
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Photo #: STS61A-48-76 Date: Nov. 1985 Geographic Region: USA-TEXAS Feature: HOUSTON |
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| STS61A-048-0076 North Houston and Lake Houston, Texas, U.S.A. November 1985 The runways of George Bush Intercontinental Airport are visible in this south-southwest-looking, low-oblique photograph. Fed and drained by the San Jacinto River, sediment-laden Lake Houston, east of the airport, supplies approximately half of the drinking water for Houston and surrounding communities. The large amount of sediment in the lake is the result of clearing land for new communities north of Houston along the San Jacinto River. North and northwest Houston were the fastest growing areas for housing and population at the time this photograph was taken. Radiating outward from Houston are north-south-oriented Interstate Highway 45 and north-northeast-trending U.S. Highway 59. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 387k |
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| Mission: | STS61A |
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| Roll - Frame: | 48 - 76 |
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| Geographical Name: | USA-TEXAS |
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| Features: | HOUSTON |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 30.0N x 95.5W |
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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:: | HB |
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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: | SW | 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: | 64 |
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| Date: | 19851103 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 164052 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 30.4N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 94.7W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 153 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 177 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 40 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | PLAIN |
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| Water Views: | SEDIMENT, LAKE, RIVER |
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| Atmosphere Views: | |
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| Man Made Views: | URBAN AREA, HIGHWAY |
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| City Views: | |
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