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Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display RecordISS019-E-5286Low-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
Request the original image file. Download a Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file for use in Google Earth. Electronic Image DataCamera Files >> No sound file available.IdentificationMission: ISS019 Roll: E Frame: 5286 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS019Country or Geographic Name: JAPAN Features: MT. FUJI, LAND USE Center Point Latitude: 35.4 Center Point Longitude: 138.8 (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: 47Camera Focal Length: 800mm Camera: N3: Nikon D3 Film: 4256E : 4256 x 2832 pixel CMOS sensor, 36.0mm x 23.9mm, total pixels: 12.87 million, Nikon FX format. QualityFilm Exposure:Percentage of Cloud Cover: 10 (0-10) NadirDate: 20090408 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 233914 (HHMMSS)Nadir Point Latitude: 34.3, Longitude: 142.0 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude) Nadir to Photo Center Direction: West Sun Azimuth: 113 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point) Spacecraft Altitude: 191 nautical miles (354 km) Sun Elevation Angle: 42 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point) Orbit Number: 3506 CaptionsMount Fuji, JapanThe 3,776 meter high Mount Fuji volcano, located on the island of Honshu in Japan, is one of the world’s classic examples of a stratovolcano. The volcano’s steep, conical profile is the result of numerous interlayered lava flows and explosive eruption products – such as ash, cinders, and volcanic bombs – building up the volcano over time. The steep profile is possible because of the relatively high viscosity of the volcanic rocks typically associated with stratovolcanoes. This leads to thick sequences of lava flows near the eruptive vent that build the cone structure, rather than low viscosity flows that spread out over the landscape and build lower-profile shield volcanoes . Mount Fuji, or Fuji-san in Japan, is actually comprised of several overlapping volcanoes that began erupting in the Pleistocene Epoch (1.8 million to approximately 10,000 years ago). The currently active volcano, known as Younger Fuji, began forming approximately 11,000 to 8,000 years ago. The most recent explosive activity occurred in 1707, creating Hoei Crater on the southeastern flank of the volcano (image center). This eruption deposited ash on Edo (present-day Tokyo) located 95 km to the northeast. While there have been no further eruptions of Mount Fuji, steam was observed at the summit during 1780 – 1820, and the volcano is considered active. Download Packaged File. This option downloads the following items, packaged into a single file, if they are available:
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