STS035-501-9
| NASA Photo ID | STS035-501-9 |
| Focal Length | mm |
| Date taken | 1990.12.__ |
| Time taken | GMT |
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3895 x 4030 pixels 618 x 639 pixels 5854 x 5775 pixels 500 x 493 pixels
3895 x 4030 pixels 618 x 639 pixels 5854 x 5775 pixels 500 x 493 pixels
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Spacecraft nadir point:
Photo center point: 29.0° S, 137.5° E
Photo center point by machine learning:
Photo center point: 29.0° S, 137.5° E
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Spacecraft Altitude: nautical miles (0km)
Country or Geographic Name: | AUSTRALIA-SA |
Features: | LAKE EYRE |
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Cloud Cover Percentage: | 0 (no clouds present) |
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Focal Length: | mm |
Camera Tilt: | Low Oblique |
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Image Caption: STS035-501-009 Lake Eyre, South Australia December 1990
Lake Eyre, located in the arid interior of south-central Australia, is one of the largest areas of internal drainage in the world. The lake, which receives its principal water drainage from southwestern Queensland, consists of two distinct, but interrelated, basins. The much larger north basin consists of two large, highly reflective, normally dry lakebeds--eastern Madigan Bay and western Belt Bay. The prominent color change in the Madigan Bay lobe indicates the presence of some water at the time the photograph was taken. The much smaller, white appendage extending southward from Belt Bay is Jackboot Bay. The elongated south basin of Lake Eyre is normally dry with a highly reflective encrustation of salt and sand.
Lake Eyre, located in the arid interior of south-central Australia, is one of the largest areas of internal drainage in the world. The lake, which receives its principal water drainage from southwestern Queensland, consists of two distinct, but interrelated, basins. The much larger north basin consists of two large, highly reflective, normally dry lakebeds--eastern Madigan Bay and western Belt Bay. The prominent color change in the Madigan Bay lobe indicates the presence of some water at the time the photograph was taken. The much smaller, white appendage extending southward from Belt Bay is Jackboot Bay. The elongated south basin of Lake Eyre is normally dry with a highly reflective encrustation of salt and sand.
