STS048-84-3

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NASA Photo ID

STS048-84-3

Focal Length

250mm

Date taken

1991.09.13

Time taken

23:02:30 GMT

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Spacecraft nadir point: 18.3° N, 90.4° W

Photo center point: 19.0° N, 92.0° W

Photo center point by machine learning:

Nadir to Photo Center: West

Spacecraft Altitude: 293 nautical miles (543km)

Country or Geographic Name:

GULF OF MEXICO

Features:

OIL WELL FIRES, SMOKE

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Cloud Cover Percentage:

5 (1-10)%

Sun Elevation Angle:

14°

Sun Azimuth:

269°

Camera:

Hasselblad

Focal Length:

250mm

Camera Tilt:

20 degrees

Format:

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

Film Exposure:

Normal

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Image Caption:
S48-84-03: CVIS of probable oil platform flares in the Bay of
Campeche off the north side of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
This photo is included to illustrate the point that the atmos-
pheric conditions that prevailed during your mission are truly
multi-causal: Kuwait, smog, burns, Mt. Pinatubo and Hudson,
methanic burps from cows, and Gawd knows what. I will also point
out that we seldom see these oil platforms in the large offshore
fields here in the southern Gulf of Mexico flaring to this ex-
tent.