STS033-71-77
NASA Photo ID | STS033-71-77 |
Focal Length | 250mm |
Date taken | 1989.11.24 |
Time taken | 06:22:58 GMT |
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Country or Geographic Name: | SWAZILAND |
Features: | USUTU RIVER |
Features Found Using Machine Learning: | |
Cloud Cover Percentage: | 5 (1-10)% |
Sun Elevation Angle: | 41° |
Sun Azimuth: | 95° |
Camera: | Hasselblad |
Focal Length: | 250mm |
Camera Tilt: | 44 degrees |
Format: | 5017: Kodak, natural color positive, Ektachrome, X Professional, ASA 64, standard base |
Film Exposure: | Normal |
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Image Caption:
View eastward across the nation of Swaziland. An excellent use of
sunglint provides regional insight into the entire drainage basin
of the Usutu River. The streams begin in still-forested upland in
the foreground, along the border with The Union of South Africa.
Above the river crossing of the prominent Lebombo Mountains, the
Usutu traverses a wide bend, known as Big Bend, where Swaziland's
major sugar cane plantations operate. Sinuousities of the incised
drainage, though partly controlled by geological structure, in-
crease downstream as discharge increases, just as meanders of al-
luvial rivers do. A similar relationship has been observed in
many incised meandering streams wordwide (Dietrich and Amsbury,
1986). S33-71-077.
View eastward across the nation of Swaziland. An excellent use of
sunglint provides regional insight into the entire drainage basin
of the Usutu River. The streams begin in still-forested upland in
the foreground, along the border with The Union of South Africa.
Above the river crossing of the prominent Lebombo Mountains, the
Usutu traverses a wide bend, known as Big Bend, where Swaziland's
major sugar cane plantations operate. Sinuousities of the incised
drainage, though partly controlled by geological structure, in-
crease downstream as discharge increases, just as meanders of al-
luvial rivers do. A similar relationship has been observed in
many incised meandering streams wordwide (Dietrich and Amsbury,
1986). S33-71-077.