STS049-87-65

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NASA Photo ID

STS049-87-65

Focal Length

250mm

Date taken

1992.05.15

Time taken

06:30:58 GMT

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Spacecraft nadir point: 18.0° N, 66.8° E

Photo center point:

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Spacecraft Altitude: 191 nautical miles (354km)

Country or Geographic Name:

ARABIAN SEA

Features:

OIL SLICK

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Cloud Cover Percentage:

40 (26-50)%

Sun Elevation Angle:

76°

Sun Azimuth:

83°

Camera:

Hasselblad

Focal Length:

250mm

Camera Tilt:

Low Oblique

Format:

2443: Kodak Aerochrome 2443, color IR, thin base, EA-5 process thru June 1999, E-6 process afterward

Film Exposure:

Normal

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Image Caption:
STS49-87-065: Arabian Sea: Ship Wakes and Oil Slicks The pas-
sage of a ship as it dumped its bilges of oil into the Arabian
Sea is seen as a bright line in this view of the sunglint pat-
tern. Such man-made oil slicks can serve to illustrate the rela-
tive movement of surface waters. At the bottom of the frame, the
slick shows where the ship passed a front, where sheer between
the two water masses has distorted the oil slick.