< STS032-96-18 >

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NASA Photo ID

STS032-96-18

Focal Length

250mm

Date taken

1990.01.14

Time taken

21:56:19 GMT

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Spacecraft nadir point: 0.5° N, 162.6° W

Photo center point: 2.0° N, 158.0° W

Photo center point by machine learning:

Nadir to Photo Center: East

Spacecraft Altitude: 177 nautical miles (328km)

Body: Earth

Country or Geographic Name:

KIRIBATI

Features:

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

Features Found Using Machine Learning:

Cloud Cover Percentage:

50 (26-50)%

Sun Elevation Angle:

63°

Sun Azimuth:

145°

Camera:

Hasselblad

Focal Length:

250mm

Camera Tilt:

Low Oblique

Format:

5036: Kodak, natural color positive, Ektachrome 5036,200 Professional, ASA 200, stand

Film Exposure:

Normal

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Image Caption: Christmas Island (2.0N,158.0W), mid central Pacific Ocean, is considered to be the largest atoll in the world, about 25 km in diameter, and is part of the Line Island Group, a northwest-southeast trending chain of volcanic islands on some of the oldest ocean crust in the Pacific. The lagoon is nearly filled with reef growth leaving only a narrow entrance from the sea and large cocoanut groves are found along the fringes of the lagoon.