< STS51G-35-28 >

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NASA Photo ID

STS51G-35-28

Focal Length

100mm

Date taken

1985.06.20

Time taken

10:05:33 GMT

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Spacecraft nadir point: 21.4° N, 36.3° W

Photo center point:

Photo center point by machine learning:

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Spacecraft Altitude: 206 nautical miles (382km)

Country or Geographic Name:

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Features:

DUST PALL FROM AFRICA

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Cloud Cover Percentage:

70 (51-75)%

Sun Elevation Angle:

30°

Sun Azimuth:

74°

Camera:

Hasselblad

Focal Length:

100mm

Camera Tilt:

High Oblique

Format:

5017: Kodak, natural color positive, Ektachrome, X Professional, ASA 64, standard base

Film Exposure:

Normal

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Image Caption: DUST ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
Dust reaching half way across the Atlantic with the
coastline of Africa barely visible above the haze. Taken
during STS-51G, in June 1985 at the height of the African
drought. The dust was traceable over Florida all the way to
Texas.