< STS039-94-10 >
| NASA Photo ID | STS039-94-10 |
| Focal Length | 250mm |
| Date taken | 1991.05.04 |
| Time taken | 20:18:48 GMT |
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Spacecraft nadir point: 36.2° N, 115.9° W
Photo center point: 32.7° N, 115.0° W
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Photo center point: 32.7° N, 115.0° W
Photo center point by machine learning:
Nadir to Photo Center: South
Spacecraft Altitude: 145 nautical miles (269km)
Country or Geographic Name: | USA-CALIFORNIA |
Features: | US-MEXICO BORDER |
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Cloud Cover Percentage: | 0 (no clouds present) |
Sun Elevation Angle: | 59° |
Sun Azimuth: | 172° |
Camera: | Hasselblad |
Focal Length: | 250mm |
Camera Tilt: | Low Oblique |
Format: | 5017: Kodak, natural color positive, Ektachrome, X Professional, ASA 64, standard base |
Film Exposure: | Normal |
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No GeoTIFF is available for this photo.Image Caption: STS039-094-010 Sonoran Desert, California, U.S.A. and Mexico May 1991
The light browns and tans of this photograph provide a clue to the natural environment for this part of southern California. This section of the Sonoran Desert shows two large, irrigated, cultivated field patterns where a variety of crops is grown--cotton, winter vegetables, alfalfa, citrus fruits, and dates. The Imperial Valley to the north contains large, regimented fields where mechanized, commercial agriculture is practiced (U.S. side of the border). The roughly triangular Colorado River delta shows smaller irrigated fields that are not neatly aligned (Mexican side of the border). The dark east-west line is the U.S.-Mexico border. A line of northwest-southeast-trending sand dunes, the Sand Hills, separates the Imperial Valley from the Chocolate Mountains to the east. The Salton Sea, 230 feet (70 meters) below sea level, is visible to the northwest. The highly reflective Laguna Salada, extending south of the border, intermittently receives water.
The light browns and tans of this photograph provide a clue to the natural environment for this part of southern California. This section of the Sonoran Desert shows two large, irrigated, cultivated field patterns where a variety of crops is grown--cotton, winter vegetables, alfalfa, citrus fruits, and dates. The Imperial Valley to the north contains large, regimented fields where mechanized, commercial agriculture is practiced (U.S. side of the border). The roughly triangular Colorado River delta shows smaller irrigated fields that are not neatly aligned (Mexican side of the border). The dark east-west line is the U.S.-Mexico border. A line of northwest-southeast-trending sand dunes, the Sand Hills, separates the Imperial Valley from the Chocolate Mountains to the east. The Salton Sea, 230 feet (70 meters) below sea level, is visible to the northwest. The highly reflective Laguna Salada, extending south of the border, intermittently receives water.
