< STS078-753-60 >
| NASA Photo ID | STS078-753-60 |
| Focal Length | 50mm |
| Date taken | 1996.06.27 |
| Time taken | 17:54:41 GMT |
Cloud masks available for this image:
Spacecraft nadir point: 20.5° N, 69.9° W
Photo center point: 23.0° N, 73.0° W
Photo center point by machine learning:
Photo center point: 23.0° N, 73.0° W
Photo center point by machine learning:
Nadir to Photo Center: Northwest
Spacecraft Altitude: 145 nautical miles (269km)Body: Earth
Country or Geographic Name: | TURKS AND CAICOS IS. |
Features: | PAN-CAICOS ISLANDS, REEFS |
| Features Found Using Machine Learning: | |
Cloud Cover Percentage: | 25 (11-25)% |
Sun Elevation Angle: | 73° |
Sun Azimuth: | 283° |
Camera: | Hasselblad |
Focal Length: | 50mm |
Camera Tilt: | High Oblique |
Format: | 5046: Kodak, natural color positive, Lumiere 100/5046, ASA 100, standard base |
Film Exposure: | Normal |
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| 5700 pixels | 5900 pixels | No | No | Download Image | |
| 483 pixels | 500 pixels | No | No | Download Image |
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No GeoTIFF is available for this photo.Image Caption: (20.5 N, 69.9 W) Turks & Caicos (21 N, 72 W) This is
one of the best pictures in our collection showing all the islands
that make up the Turks and Caicos, from west clockwise: West Caicos,
Providenciales (or Provo), North Caicos, Grand Caicos, East Caicos,
South Caicos, Grand Turk, and Salt Cay. These islands make up a U.K.
dependency near the end of the Bahamas chain that is a fine,
uncommercialized vacation spot.
"While San Salvador in the Bahamas claims to have been the first
to bear Columbus' footprints, Turks & Caicos present their own
evidence that it was actually here [East Caicos] he made his first
stop. But there is no argument when it comes to another `first
landing,' one by astronaut John Glenn who made his first landfall on
Grand Turk for debriefing after his historic 1962 space mission."
_From Larry Larsen and M. Timothy O'Keefe, Fish & Dive the
Caribbean, Vol. 1 (Lakeland, FL: Larsen's Outdoor Publishing), p. 55
Joe C. Caruana Tigris/Euphrates Area
one of the best pictures in our collection showing all the islands
that make up the Turks and Caicos, from west clockwise: West Caicos,
Providenciales (or Provo), North Caicos, Grand Caicos, East Caicos,
South Caicos, Grand Turk, and Salt Cay. These islands make up a U.K.
dependency near the end of the Bahamas chain that is a fine,
uncommercialized vacation spot.
"While San Salvador in the Bahamas claims to have been the first
to bear Columbus' footprints, Turks & Caicos present their own
evidence that it was actually here [East Caicos] he made his first
stop. But there is no argument when it comes to another `first
landing,' one by astronaut John Glenn who made his first landfall on
Grand Turk for debriefing after his historic 1962 space mission."
_From Larry Larsen and M. Timothy O'Keefe, Fish & Dive the
Caribbean, Vol. 1 (Lakeland, FL: Larsen's Outdoor Publishing), p. 55
Joe C. Caruana Tigris/Euphrates Area
