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NASA Photo ID

STS040-72-87

Focal Length

250mm

Date taken

1991.06.07

Time taken

01:43:33 GMT

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Spacecraft nadir point: 39.1° N, 131.5° E

Photo center point:

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Nadir to Photo Center:

Spacecraft Altitude: 155 nautical miles (287km)

Body: Earth

Country or Geographic Name:

SEA OF JAPAN

Features:

EDDIES, VERY, VERY DARK

Features Found Using Machine Learning:

Cloud Cover Percentage:

50 (26-50)%

Sun Elevation Angle:

65°

Sun Azimuth:

124°

Camera:

Hasselblad

Focal Length:

250mm

Camera Tilt:

Low Oblique

Format:

5017: Kodak, natural color positive, Ektachrome, X Professional, ASA 64, standard base

Film Exposure:

Under Exposed

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Image Caption: STS040-72-087 Sunglint as a Motion Indicator Open-cell cumulus
clouds in the center top of the scene are surrounded by ringlets
of sunglint. This phenomenon is caused by a combination of weak
horizontal surface winds and the vertical wind fields parted by
the cumulus. In this scene, maximum sunglint represents a flat
(mirror-like) sea surface with little or no wind and minimum sun-
glint comes from a rough sea surface caused by winds surging into
each individual cumulus cell.