< STS039-87-12 >

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NASA Photo ID

STS039-87-12

Focal Length

250mm

Date taken

1991.04.28

Time taken

12:05:44 GMT

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Spacecraft nadir point: 29.0° N, 50.9° E

Photo center point: 29.0° N, 48.0° E

Photo center point by machine learning:

Nadir to Photo Center: West

Spacecraft Altitude: 137 nautical miles (254km)

Country or Geographic Name:

KUWAIT

Features:

OIL FIRES, SUNGLINT

Features Found Using Machine Learning:

Cloud Cover Percentage:

70 (51-75)%

Sun Elevation Angle:

39°

Sun Azimuth:

264°

Camera:

Hasselblad

Focal Length:

250mm

Camera Tilt:

52 degrees

Format:

2443: Kodak Aerochrome 2443, color IR, thin base, EA-5 process thru June 1999, E-6 process afterward

Film Exposure:

Under Exposed

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Image Caption: In this color infrared view of the Kuwait oil fires and offshore oil slick, (29.0N, 48.0E), smoke from the burning oil fields both to the north and south of Kuwait City almost totally obliterates the image. Unburned pools of oil on the ground and oil offshore in the Persian Gulf are reflecting sunlight, much the same way as water does, and appear as white or light toned features. The water borne oil slicks drifted south toward the Arab Emirate States.