< STS067-724B-86 >
| NASA Photo ID | STS067-724B-86 |
| Focal Length | 250mm |
| Date taken | 1995.03.__ |
| Time taken | GMT |
Cloud masks available for this image:
Spacecraft nadir point:
Photo center point: 15.0° N, 107.0° E
Photo center point by machine learning:
Photo center point: 15.0° N, 107.0° E
Photo center point by machine learning:
Nadir to Photo Center: West
Spacecraft Altitude: nautical miles (0km)
Camera: | Hasselblad |
Focal Length: | 250mm |
Camera Tilt: | Low Oblique |
Format: | 5046: Kodak, natural color positive, Lumiere 100/5046, ASA 100, standard base |
Film Exposure: | Over Exposed |
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No GeoTIFF is available for this photo.Image Caption: unlight is reflecting off the ocean surface around the islands of
Ritchie!s Archipeligo in the Andaman Sea. In the sunglint we can see
the southward moving current moving past the archipelago. The current
flow is visible in the Space Shuttle photography because of surface
oils, both biological and man-introduced. The oils are carried by the
currents and thus take the form of the flow. Oils smooth out the
surface capillary waves and create a smoother surface. The smoother
surfaces reflect more sunlight and appear brighter. The darker areas
are due to winds ruffling the sea suface resulting in less sunlight
being reflected. (Other types of features which you can see in the
sunglint when examining the film of this photo, which don!t project
well, are shipwakes and small eddies (vorticies) down current of some
points of land and of the islands.
Ritchie!s Archipeligo in the Andaman Sea. In the sunglint we can see
the southward moving current moving past the archipelago. The current
flow is visible in the Space Shuttle photography because of surface
oils, both biological and man-introduced. The oils are carried by the
currents and thus take the form of the flow. Oils smooth out the
surface capillary waves and create a smoother surface. The smoother
surfaces reflect more sunlight and appear brighter. The darker areas
are due to winds ruffling the sea suface resulting in less sunlight
being reflected. (Other types of features which you can see in the
sunglint when examining the film of this photo, which don!t project
well, are shipwakes and small eddies (vorticies) down current of some
points of land and of the islands.
