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Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display RecordSTS102-716-25Low-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 only apply to electronic still cameras.No sound file available. IdentificationMission: STS102 Roll: 716 Frame: 25 Mission ID on the Film or image: STS102Country or Geographic Name: EGYPT Features: TOSHKA LAKES Center Point Latitude: 22.5 Center Point Longitude: 31.0 (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: 27Camera Focal Length: 250mm Camera: HB: Hasselblad Film: 5069 : Kodak Elite 100S, E6 Reversal, Replaces Lumiere, Warmer in tone vs. Lumiere. QualityFilm Exposure:Percentage of Cloud Cover: 10 (0-10) NadirDate: 20010315 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 102955 (HHMMSS)Nadir Point Latitude: 24.0, Longitude: 30.2 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude) Nadir to Photo Center Direction: Southeast Sun Azimuth: 192 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point) Spacecraft Altitude: 200 nautical miles (370 km) Sun Elevation Angle: 64 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point) Orbit Number: 110 CaptionsAs the Space Shuttle Atlantis passed over southern Egypt in mid-March 2001, the STS-102 astronauts were able to document new flooding in the Toshka region west of Lake Nasser. The formation of the Toshka Lakes in southern Egypt is part of Egypt's New Valley Project. The flooding of the region has been monitored by astronauts since 1998, and continues to show rapid changes.An animation in a previous posting on the Earth Observatory links together several photographs of the region taken by astronauts to show the sequence of flooding in the Toshka depression. The last image of that sequence was acquired in September, 2000 (Image number STS106-716-96), and is included here for reference. Since September, flooding has occurred over a large area at the western end of the Toshka lakes. The region will be the location of large Egyptian agricultural developments that will support millions of people. Compare to earlier images posted on Earth Observatory: October 10, 2000 from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer December 1999 from the Space Shuttle Download Packaged File. This option downloads the following items, packaged into a single file, if they are available:
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