Photo #: STS51B-146-118 Date: na 1985Geographic Region: USA-UTAH
Feature: GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT
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Photo #: STS51B-146-118 Date: na 1985 Geographic Region: USA-UTAH Feature: GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT |
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| STS51B-146-0118 Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah and Nevada, U.S.A. May 1985 The dry, salt-encrusted bed of prehistoric Lake Bonneville is apparent in this south-southeast-looking, low-oblique photograph. The Great Salt Lake Desert is a small remnant of the prehistoric lake that covered portions of present-day Idaho, Nevada, and Utah during the last ice age 12 000 years ago. Parts of the Great Salt Lake Desert are sometimes covered with shallow ponds as a result of above-normal precipitation. When these small ponds dry up, the thick, salt-encrusted desert floor is increased. The extreme western portion of Great Salt Lake is visible in the upper left of the photograph. |
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| Mission: | STS51B |
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| Roll - Frame: | 146 - 118 |
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| Geographical Name: | USA-UTAH |
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| Features: | GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 40.7N x 113.6W |
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| Film Exposure: | N | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
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| Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 0 |
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| Camera:: | LH |
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| Camera Tilt: | LO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
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| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
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| Stereo?: | N | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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| Orbit Number: | 34 |
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| Date: | 1985____ | YYYYMMDD |
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| Time: | GMT HHMMSS |
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| Nadir Lat: | N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft | |||
| Nadir Lon: | E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft | |||
| Sun Azimuth: | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
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| Space Craft Altitude: | nautical miles |
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| Sun Elevation: | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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| Land Views: | DESERT, BASIN |
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| Water Views: | PLAYA |
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