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Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display RecordISS001-E-5318Low-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 DataNo camera file data available >> No sound file available.IdentificationMission: ISS001 Roll: E Frame: 5318 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS01Country or Geographic Name: ARGENTINA Features: UPSALA GLACIER, BRAZO NORTE Center Point Latitude: -49.5 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: Low ObliqueCamera Focal Length: mm Camera: E2: Kodak DCS460 Electronic Still Camera Film: 3060E : 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array. QualityFilm Exposure:Percentage of Cloud Cover: 25 (11-25) NadirDate: 200101__ (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: (HHMMSS)Nadir Point Latitude: , Longitude: (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude) Nadir to Photo Center Direction: Sun Azimuth: (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point) Spacecraft Altitude: nautical miles (0 km) Sun Elevation Angle: (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point) Orbit Number: 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 ISS008-E-11807 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 here when compared with this image 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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