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	File Name	File Size (bytes)	Width	Height	Annotated	Cropped	Purpose	Comments
View	STS108-722-60.JPG	60590	515	512	No	No		From ISD Photo CDs
View	STS108-722-60.JPG	118122	540	530	Yes	Yes	NASA's Earth Observatory web site
View	STS108-722-60.JPG	424468	1240	1216	No	Yes	NASA's Earth Observatory web site
View	STS108-722-60_2.JPG	219566	400	393	Yes		Photographic Highlights

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Identification

Mission: STS108 Roll: 722 Frame: 60 Mission ID on the Film or image: STS108
Country or Geographic Name: CHILE
Features: ICE FIELD, GLACIERS, LAKES
Center Point Latitude: -47.0 Center Point Longitude: -73.5 (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:

Camera

Camera Tilt: High Oblique
Camera Focal Length: 110mm
Camera: HB: Hasselblad
Film: 5069 : Kodak Elite 100S, E6 Reversal, Replaces Lumiere, Warmer in tone vs. Lumiere.

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Film Exposure:
Percentage of Cloud Cover: 10 (0-10)

Nadir

Date: 20011216 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 121002 (HHMMSS)
Nadir Point Latitude: -48.9, Longitude: -80.9 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: East
Sun Azimuth: 97 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point)
Spacecraft Altitude: 204 nautical miles (378 km)
Sun Elevation Angle: 26 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point)
Orbit Number: 166

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The Northern Patagonian Ice Field (NPIF), centered near 47°S, 73.5°W, is the smaller of two remnant ice masses crowning the Andes Mountains of lower South America. The NPIF is a vestige of an extensive ice sheet that covered much of Patagonia just over a million years ago. Today, with its glaciers largely in retreat and only an area of 4,200 sq km, it is still the largest continuous mass of ice outside of the polar regions. Survival is based on its elevation (1, 100 to 1,500 m), favorable terrain, and a cool, moist, marine climate. The ice field has 28 exit glaciers, the largest two—San Quintin and San Rafael—nearly reach sea level to the west at the Pacific Ocean. Smaller exit glaciers, like San Valentin and Nef, feed numerous rivers and glacially carved lakes to the east.

This photo taken by the crew of STS-108 in December, 2001, offers a remarkably clear view of the northern two-thirds of this bright, icy feature, its glaciers, and its northern and eastern flanks. Arms of Lake General Carrera are visible on the right of the image. Such photos offer unsurpassed visual context information about the state of this remote locale and details of its features and processes.

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