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Mission: ISS013 Roll: E Frame: 74843 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS013
Country or Geographic Name: BRAZIL
Features: NEGRO R.,CAURES R.,ANAVILHANAS
Center Point Latitude: -1.0 Center Point Longitude: -62.5 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Stereo: (Yes indicates there is an adjacent picture of the same area)
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Camera Tilt: 45
Camera Focal Length: 180mm
Camera: E4: Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still Camera
Film: 3060E : 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array.

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Percentage of Cloud Cover: 25 (11-25)

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Date: 20060902 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 152825 (HHMMSS)
Nadir Point Latitude: -0.1, Longitude: -65.4 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: East
Sun Azimuth: 59 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point)
Spacecraft Altitude: 184 nautical miles (341 km)
Sun Elevation Angle: 75 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point)
Orbit Number: 537

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Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil:
The wide, multi-island zone in the Rio Negro (Black River) shown in this astronaut photograph from September 2, 2006, is one of two, long “archipelagoes” upstream of the city of Manaus (not shown) in central Amazonia. Sixty kilometers of the total 120-kilemeter length of this archipelago appear in this image. The direction of the river’s flow is east-southeast, which is from left to right in this image; the river is about 20 kilometers wide near the right side of the image. On the day the image was taken, air temperatures over the cooler river water of the archipelago were just low enough to prevent cloud formation. Over the neighboring rainforest, temperatures were warm enough to produce small convection-related clouds, known to pilots as “popcorn” cumulus. Several zones of deforestation, represented by lighter green zones along the river banks are also visible.

Two different types of river appear in this image: black-water rivers and white-water rivers. In addition to the Rio Negro, two other “black” rivers—Rio Caures and Rio Jufari—join the Rio Negro in the scene. At the right of the image is the Rio Branco (White River), which is the largest tributary of the Rio Negro. The difference in water color is controlled by the source regions. Black-water rivers derive entirely from soils of lowland forests, rich in leaves and other decaying organic matter. Water in these rivers has the color of weak tea, which appears black in images from space. By contrast, white-water rivers like the Branco arise in mountainous country where headwater streams erode exposed rock. White-water rivers carry a load of sand and mud particles, which lighten the waters. The Amazon itself rises in the Andes Mountains, where very high rates of erosion occur, and it is thus the most famous white river in Amazonia.

This astronaut photograph was taken in September, when the rivers are near their seasonal low-water stage. Pictures taken at other times show the channels to be much wider during high-water season (May–July), when water levels rise several meters. High-resolution GPS (Global Positioning System) measurements at Manaus recently documented that the land surface actually rises vertically a small amount when the vast mass of water drains away each season. Although the rebound amount seems small, the vertical displacement—50-70 millimeters—was unexpectedly large according to the scientists who performed the study.

References: Bevis, M., Alsdorf, D., Kendrick, E., Fortes, L.P., Forsberg, B., Smalley, R., Jr., and Becker, J. (2005). Seasonal fluctuations in the mass of the Amazon River system and Earth’s elastic response. Geophysical Research Letters,32, L16308, doi:10.1029/2005GL023491.

ISS013-E-74843 (2 Sept. 2006) --- Rio Negro in Amazonia, Brazil is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 13 crewmember onboard the International Space Station. The wide, multi-island zone in the Rio Negro (Black River) shown in this image is one of two, long "archipelagoes" upstream of the city of Manaus (not shown) in central Amazonia. Ninety kilometers of the total 120 kilometers length of this archipelago appear in this view. On the day the photo was taken, air temperatures over the cooler river water of the archipelago were just low enough to prevent cloud formation. Over the neighboring rainforest, temperatures were warm enough to produce small convection-related clouds, known to pilots as "popcorn" cumulus. Several zones of deforestation, represented by lighter green zones along the river banks, are also visible. Two different types of river appear in this image. Flowing east-southeast (left to right) is the multi-island, Rio Negro, 20 kilometers wide near the right of the view. Two other "black" rivers, Rio Caures and Rio Jufari, join Rio Negro downstream. The second river type is the Rio Branco (White River; right) which is the largest tributary of the Rio Negro. The difference in water color is controlled by the source regions: black-water rivers derive entirely from soils of lowland forests. Water in these rivers has the color of weak tea, which appears black in images from space. By contrast, white-water rivers like the Branco carry a load of sand and mud particles, mudding the waters. The reason for the tan color is that white-water rivers rise in mountainous country where headwater streams erode exposed rock. The Amazon itself rises in the Andes Mts., where very high erosion occurs, and it is thus the most famous white river in Amazonia. This image was taken in September, near low-water stage. Pictures taken at other times show the channels much wider during high-water season (May--July) when water levels rise several meters. It was discovered recently, from high resolution GPS measurements at Manaus, that the land surface actually rises vertically a small amount in compensation when this vast mass of water drains away each season. Although small, the vertical displacement--50-70 mm--was unexpectedly large according to the scientists who performed the study.

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