STS049-88-9
NASA Photo ID | STS049-88-9 |
Focal Length | 100mm |
Date taken | 1992.05.08 |
Time taken | 07:06:33 GMT |
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Country or Geographic Name: | PHILIPPINES |
Features: | BABUYAN ISLAND, VRY DARK |
Features Found Using Machine Learning: | |
Cloud Cover Percentage: | 20 (11-25)% |
Sun Elevation Angle: | 42° |
Sun Azimuth: | 274° |
Camera: | Hasselblad |
Focal Length: | 100mm |
Camera Tilt: | 16 degrees |
Format: | 2443: Kodak Aerochrome 2443, color IR, thin base, EA-5 process thru June 1999, E-6 process afterward |
Film Exposure: | Under Exposed |
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Image Caption:
STS49-88-09: Mountain Wave Turbulence The banded clouds that are
associated with winds blowing perpendicular to a mountain range
resulting in a lee-side sinusoidal vertical motion as the air
moves away from the mountain range. Wave or lenticular clouds
are seldom observed in the tropics because the necessary dynamics
for cloud formation are insufficient. In this case a mid-
latitude trough was pushing southward causing unusually strong
southwest winds to flow over the central Cuban mountains. (Pic-
ture taken on May 5th, 1992 at 20:42:50GMT, Space Shuttle located
at 22.63N 79.68W)
STS49-88-09: Mountain Wave Turbulence The banded clouds that are
associated with winds blowing perpendicular to a mountain range
resulting in a lee-side sinusoidal vertical motion as the air
moves away from the mountain range. Wave or lenticular clouds
are seldom observed in the tropics because the necessary dynamics
for cloud formation are insufficient. In this case a mid-
latitude trough was pushing southward causing unusually strong
southwest winds to flow over the central Cuban mountains. (Pic-
ture taken on May 5th, 1992 at 20:42:50GMT, Space Shuttle located
at 22.63N 79.68W)