< STS034-72-56 >
| NASA Photo ID | STS034-72-56 |
| Focal Length | 250mm |
| Date taken | 1989.10.__ |
| Time taken | GMT |
Cloud masks available for this image:
Spacecraft nadir point:
Photo center point: 36.0° N, 112.0° W
Photo center point by machine learning:
Photo center point: 36.0° N, 112.0° W
Photo center point by machine learning:
Nadir to Photo Center:
Spacecraft Altitude: nautical miles (0km)Body: Earth
Country or Geographic Name: | USA-ARIZONA |
Features: | COL. R, GRAND CANYON |
| Features Found Using Machine Learning: | |
Cloud Cover Percentage: | 0 (no clouds present) |
Sun Elevation Angle: | ° |
Sun Azimuth: | ° |
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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| 500 pixels | 518 pixels | No | No | Download Image | |
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No GeoTIFF is available for this photo.Image Caption:
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River and the Kaibab Plateau and
National Forest, Arizona. [Orientation of the photo? Its Geocar-
to caption says the river Rflows from the top to the bottom of
this image.S Kam>Kim tells me the top of this photo is roughly
NNE. So far as I can tell, the Colorado River flows thru the
Grand Canyon from right to left in this orientation.>M.F.] The
Grand Canyon dwarfs its human habitation in the national park on
the south rim (in the very center of the photo, pointed to by the
road from the south [Rand an airfield parallel to the road on the
rightS?]). The immensity of this greatest canyon on Earth amazes
the modern visitor just as it amazed early explorers of the Amer-
ican West. Owing to the uplift of the 6500-foot Colorado Pla-
teau, the Colorado River excavated the 4500-foot deep canyon in
less than 4JmillionJyears, a small fraction of geologic time.
The STS-34 astronauts used their new vantage point on this old
wonder to take overlapping photographs that allow stereoscopic
reconstruction of the entire length [Can we specify how long the
stretch is across this photo?] of the Grand Canyon . The center-
point of this scene is 36.0! N, 112.0!JW. NASA Photograph
STS034-72-056, taken with a Hasselblad, 250-mm lens, and Kodak
5017 film. (Stereo series is frames 052 through 057.) [Cf. -055
below.]
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River and the Kaibab Plateau and
National Forest, Arizona. [Orientation of the photo? Its Geocar-
to caption says the river Rflows from the top to the bottom of
this image.S Kam>Kim tells me the top of this photo is roughly
NNE. So far as I can tell, the Colorado River flows thru the
Grand Canyon from right to left in this orientation.>M.F.] The
Grand Canyon dwarfs its human habitation in the national park on
the south rim (in the very center of the photo, pointed to by the
road from the south [Rand an airfield parallel to the road on the
rightS?]). The immensity of this greatest canyon on Earth amazes
the modern visitor just as it amazed early explorers of the Amer-
ican West. Owing to the uplift of the 6500-foot Colorado Pla-
teau, the Colorado River excavated the 4500-foot deep canyon in
less than 4JmillionJyears, a small fraction of geologic time.
The STS-34 astronauts used their new vantage point on this old
wonder to take overlapping photographs that allow stereoscopic
reconstruction of the entire length [Can we specify how long the
stretch is across this photo?] of the Grand Canyon . The center-
point of this scene is 36.0! N, 112.0!JW. NASA Photograph
STS034-72-056, taken with a Hasselblad, 250-mm lens, and Kodak
5017 film. (Stereo series is frames 052 through 057.) [Cf. -055
below.]
