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NASA Photo ID

STS078-729-87

Focal Length

100mm

Date taken

1996.06.23

Time taken

22:37:30 GMT

Resolutions offered for this image:
5700 x 5900 pixels 483 x 500 pixels

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Spacecraft nadir point: 23.1° N, 115.6° W

Photo center point: 28.0° N, 118.0° W

Photo center point by machine learning:

Nadir to Photo Center: North

Spacecraft Altitude: 146 nautical miles (270km)

Country or Geographic Name:

PACIFIC OCEAN I(S).

Features:

GUADALUPE I., VORTICES

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Cloud Cover Percentage:

90 (76-100)%

Sun Elevation Angle:

50°

Sun Azimuth:

279°

Camera:

Hasselblad

Focal Length:

100mm

Camera Tilt:

Low Oblique

Format:

5046: Kodak, natural color positive, Lumiere 100/5046, ASA 100, standard base

Film Exposure:

Normal

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Image Caption: Space
shuttle imagery has shown us that Von Karmen Vortices are very common
with several different small island chains around the world. Von
Karmen Vortices form as straight airflow is disturbed by land masses
in it's way. Small islands are not enough of a land mass to completely
stop airflow so air is forced around the island, then causes small
circular vortices which propagate downwind from the islands. These
four photos show how dramatic these vortices look from space.