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Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display RecordISS003-E-6632Low-resolution Browse Image(Most browse images are not color adjusted.)ImagesConditions for Use of Images >>Image Transformation Tutorial >> Saving, Color Adjusting, and Printing Images >> Images to View on Your Computer Now
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Download a Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file for use in Google Earth. Electronic Image DataCamera Files >> No sound file available.IdentificationMission: ISS003 Roll: E Frame: 6632 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS003Country or Geographic Name: CHINA Features: BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER Center Point Latitude: 29.5 Center Point Longitude: 91.0 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude) Stereo: (Yes indicates there is an adjacent picture of the same area) ONC Map ID: JNC Map ID: CameraCamera Tilt: 44Camera Focal Length: 800mm Camera: E2: Kodak DCS460 Electronic Still Camera Film: 3060E : 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array. QualityFilm Exposure:Percentage of Cloud Cover: 10 (0-10) NadirDate: 20011013 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 083336 (HHMMSS)Nadir Point Latitude: 27.6, Longitude: 88.1 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude) Nadir to Photo Center Direction: Northeast Sun Azimuth: 233 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point) Spacecraft Altitude: 216 nautical miles (400 km) Sun Elevation Angle: 38 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point) Orbit Number: 554 CaptionsOn October 13, 2000, the Expedition 3 crew of the International Space Station, high over Tibet, took this interesting photo of the Brahmaputra River. This mighty Asian river carves a narrow west-east valley between the Tibetan Plateau to the north and the Himalaya Mountains to the south, as it rushes eastward for more than 1500 km in southwestern China. This 15-km stretch is situated about 35 km south of the ancient Tibetan capital of Lhasa where the river flow becomes intricately braided as it works and reworks its way through extensive deposits of erosional material. This pattern is indicative of a combination heavy sediment discharge from tributaries and reduction of the river’s flow from either a change in gradient or perhaps even climate conditions over the watershed.The light color of the deposits and the milky color of the water is attributed to presence of glacial “flour,” the fine material created by erosion from glaciers. Besides erosion by water and ice, this scene also depicts features created by wind. Note the delicate field of dunes on the alluvial fan toward the right edge of the image. The riverbed here is at an elevation of over 3,500 m, and with the long west-east extent of this barren valley, strong, persistent westerly winds also move and shape these deposits. Photos such as this one bring immediate visual understanding and appreciation of natural processes in some of the most remote locations on Earth. Download Packaged File. This option downloads the following items, packaged into a single file, if they are available:
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