STS060-83-16
| NASA Photo ID | STS060-83-16 |
| Focal Length | 250mm |
| Date taken | 1994.02.10 |
| Time taken | 20:10:15 GMT |
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Spacecraft nadir point: 33.8° N, 105.7° W
Photo center point: 33.0° N, 106.5° W
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Photo center point: 33.0° N, 106.5° W
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Nadir to Photo Center: Southwest
Spacecraft Altitude: 191 nautical miles (354km)
Country or Geographic Name: | USA-NEW MEXICO |
Features: | WHITE SANDS, ANDRES MTS. |
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Cloud Cover Percentage: | 0 (no clouds present) |
Sun Elevation Angle: | 40° |
Sun Azimuth: | 197° |
Camera: | Hasselblad |
Focal Length: | 250mm |
Camera Tilt: | 20 degrees |
Format: | 5046: Kodak, natural color positive, Lumiere 100/5046, ASA 100, standard base |
Film Exposure: | Normal |
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Image Caption: STS060-083-016 White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, U.S.A. February 1994
This photograph displays the two distinct parts of the world's largest gypsum sand field, White Sands National Monument located in the Tularosa Basin in south-central New Mexico--the highly reflective eastern half, consisting of an assortment of gypsum dunes, and the western half, an alkali flat. Rain and snow from the San Andres Mountains and the Sacramento Mountains dissolve gypsum from the rocks and carry it to White Sands. The southwest corner of the monument, the lowest spot in the Tularosa Valley, changes from a dry lakebed into Lake Lucero when rain falls. The dark areas along the southern and eastern fringes of White Sands National Monument display low-growing vegetation that survives the ever-shifting gypsum sands.
This photograph displays the two distinct parts of the world's largest gypsum sand field, White Sands National Monument located in the Tularosa Basin in south-central New Mexico--the highly reflective eastern half, consisting of an assortment of gypsum dunes, and the western half, an alkali flat. Rain and snow from the San Andres Mountains and the Sacramento Mountains dissolve gypsum from the rocks and carry it to White Sands. The southwest corner of the monument, the lowest spot in the Tularosa Valley, changes from a dry lakebed into Lake Lucero when rain falls. The dark areas along the southern and eastern fringes of White Sands National Monument display low-growing vegetation that survives the ever-shifting gypsum sands.
