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Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display RecordISS008-E-11807Low-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: ISS008 Roll: E Frame: 11807 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS008Country or Geographic Name: ARGENTINA Features: UPSALA GLACIER, CLOUDS Center Point Latitude: -50.0 Center Point Longitude: -73.0 (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: High ObliqueCamera Focal Length: 400mm Camera: E4: Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still Camera Film: 3060E : 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array. QualityFilm Exposure:Percentage of Cloud Cover: 75 (51-75) NadirDate: 20040103 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 194401 (HHMMSS)Nadir Point Latitude: -46.2, Longitude: -76.5 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude) Nadir to Photo Center Direction: Southeast Sun Azimuth: 294 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point) Spacecraft Altitude: 202 nautical miles (374 km) Sun Elevation Angle: 51 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point) Orbit Number: 1237 CaptionsGlacial Retreat:For the crew onboard the International Space Station daylight views of the Earth’s Southern Hemisphere offer fewer opportunities to observe and document land features with onboard cameras. However, South America’s Patagonian Ice Fields and glaciers in the far southern Andes mountains offer beautiful, dynamic features with frequent passes whenever weather conditions permit. On the afternoon of January 3, 2004, the crew took this view of the Upsala Glacier in Argentina through a 400mm lens. This is the third largest glacier of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field with an estimated area of over 800 square kilometers. This long, north-south oriented river of ice terminates in the northern arm of Lake Argentino. A worldwide retreat of glaciers was observed during the twentieth century and most of the Patagonia’s glaciers, including Upsala were no exception. From the late 1960’s to the mid 1990’s the retreat of some parts was in excess of 4 kilometers. The glacier’s retreat appears to be continuing during the Space Station era with visible changes along the terminus noted when compared with ISS001-E-5318 taken in December 2000. The crew continues to monitor most of the principal glaciers of Patagonia as science targets for Crew Earth Observations. For more information on the observed history of Patagonia’s glaciers please see: Historic Fluctuations of Outlet Glaciers from the Patagonian Ice Fields. Previous views of the Patagonian Ice fields from the International Space Station: Retreat of San Quentin Glacier Northern Patagonian Ice Field Bruggen Glacier Download Packaged File. This option downloads the following items, packaged into a single file, if they are available:
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