STS053-97-063 - STS-053 - Earth observations

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Description: Photographic documentation showing earth observations taken during the STS-53 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. The breakup of winter ice packs around Shantar Island (55.0N, 138.0E) off the coast of Khabarovsk Kray Oblast, CIS, produced this mosaic of icebergs, bergy bits and growlers in the Sea of Okhotsk as the as an unusual warming spell in mid winter temporarily melted parts of the sea ice (050).

Subject Terms: STS-53, EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), DISCOVERY (ORBITER)

Date Taken: 12/5/1992 0:00

Original: Film

Preservation File Format: TIFF

geon: RUSSIAN FEDERATION

feat: OKHOTSK SEA COAST, ICE

lat: 57.5

lon: 158

tilt: 18

cldp: 10

nlat: 57.1

nlon: 158.9

dir: W

azi: 179

alt: 183

elev: 11

STS-53

nasa earth observations sts 53 discovery view of earth from space sts 53 okhotsk sea coast winter ice packs sea ice space shuttle discovery sts 53 mission ice khabarovsk kray oblast sea space discovery winter shantar island coast bergy bits okhotsk russian federation iceberg

1992

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