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ISS004-E-11958
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Mission: ISS004 Roll: E Frame: 11958 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS004Country or Geographic Name: DEM. REP. OF CONGO
Features: SAVANNA, HILLS, FIRE SCARS, SMOKE
Center Point Latitude: -8.5 Center Point Longitude: 27.0 (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
Camera Tilt: 7Camera Focal Length: 180mm
Camera: E4: Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still Camera
Film: 3060E : 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array.
Quality
Film Exposure:Percentage of Cloud Cover: 10 (0-10)
Nadir
Date: 20020516 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 091319 (HHMMSS)Nadir Point Latitude: -8.6, Longitude: 27.4 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: West
Sun Azimuth: 25 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point)
Spacecraft Altitude: 212 nautical miles (393 km)
Sun Elevation Angle: 59 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point)
Orbit Number: 3926
Captions
Fires in Central and Southern AfricaFire scars and smoke plumes result from biomass burning in the savannas of southern Democratic Republic of Congo. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station observed the seasonal increase in savanna burning, which traditionally peaks in June in southern Democratic Republic of Congo. This image, taken on May 16, 2002, is centered near 8.6S, 27.4 E. These fires, likely the result of human activities, are thought to contribute significant emissions to the atmosphere (Cahoon, et al, 1992). The darker area in the foreground is a more heavily wooded hillside; most burning occurs in the grassier savannas which appear red-brown.
Additional Information
Seasonal distribution of African savannah fires, Cahoon, J.; Stocks, B.; Levine, J.; Cofer, W.; O’Neill, K. , 1992, Nature v.359, p. 812
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