STS51J-143-126
| NASA Photo ID | STS51J-143-126 |
| Focal Length | 250mm |
| Date taken | 1985.10.__ |
| Time taken | GMT |
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Spacecraft nadir point:
Photo center point: 29.5° N, 94.5° W
Photo center point by machine learning:
Photo center point: 29.5° N, 94.5° W
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Spacecraft Altitude: nautical miles (0km)
Camera: | Linhof |
Focal Length: | 250mm |
Camera Tilt: | Low Oblique |
Format: | 2447: Kodak Aerochrome II Duplicating Film, 70mm, process EA-5 |
Film Exposure: | Normal |
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Image Caption: This view from space shows the entire greater Houston/Galveston region in remarkable detail and clarity. The dark north-south line in the water between Houston and Galveston is the Houston Ship Channel. The Space Shuttle imagery captures fast-changing features, like the suspended sediment, which can be used to map current flows in the bay, and the longer-term shoreline changes. For example, since this photo was taken, Redfish Island, the small curved island along the ship channel, has been eroded away. The interaction of industrialized populations with the fragile wetlands on which they depend for food is a subject for study in Earth system science. NASA's Johnson Space Center, and Mission Control, is located on the north shore of Clear Lake west of the channel. The extensive road and highway network can be seen in great detail.
Long regarded as one of the best photo of Houston, Texas, (29.5N, 95.0W), this view from space shows the entire greater Houston/Galveston region in remarkable detail and clarity. The dark north/south line in the water between Houston and Galveston is the Houston Ship Channel. NASA's Johnson Space Center and Mission Control is located on the north shore of Clear Lake west of the channel. The extensive road and highway network can be seen in great detail.
Long regarded as one of the best photo of Houston, Texas, (29.5N, 95.0W), this view from space shows the entire greater Houston/Galveston region in remarkable detail and clarity. The dark north/south line in the water between Houston and Galveston is the Houston Ship Channel. NASA's Johnson Space Center and Mission Control is located on the north shore of Clear Lake west of the channel. The extensive road and highway network can be seen in great detail.
