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NASA Photo ID

STS059-209-81

Focal Length

40mm

Date taken

1994.04.11

Time taken

07:56:47 GMT

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Spacecraft nadir point: 46.7° N, 73.2° E

Photo center point: 47.0° N, 75.0° E

Photo center point by machine learning:

Nadir to Photo Center: East

Spacecraft Altitude: 119 nautical miles (220km)

Country or Geographic Name:

KAZAKHSTAN

Features:

LAKE BALKHASH

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Cloud Cover Percentage:

0 (no clouds present)

Sun Elevation Angle:

50°

Sun Azimuth:

199°

Camera:

Hasselblad

Focal Length:

40mm

Camera Tilt:

43 degrees

Format:

5048: Kodak, natural color positive, Lumiere 100x/5048, ASA 100x, standard base

Film Exposure:

Under Exposed

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Image Caption: Lake Balkhash, in eastern Kazakhstan, is some 300 miles long. The lake is seen frozen in this scene. The shape of the lake is controlled by the delta of the Ili River, which flows from the Tien Shan Mountains in western China across this arid steppe. Space Radar Laboratory (SRL) scientists will use radar data to study the microwave effects of differences in soil moisture, and in freezing or thawing, on the deltaic sediments.