S36-73-027 - STS-036 - Earth observation of Yirrigue Volcanic Caldera Complex during STS-36
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Description: Earth observation image of the Yirrigue Volcanic Caldera Complex, Tibesti Mountains, Chad taken during the STS-36 mission from Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Familiarly referred to as the squid because of its suggestive shape, the Yirrigue Volcanic Caldera complex is one of the nine major volcanic centers in the Tibesti Mountains of northern Chad. Dark colored lava flows radiate from the younger volcanic cone, Tousside. Older rock units are heavily eroded by streams that flowed when rainfall was more common in the Sahara.
Subject Terms: STS-36, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), DESERTS, FIELDS, LAVA, WATER EROSION, WIND EROSION, VOLCANOES
Date Taken: 3/2/1990 0:00
Categories: Earth Observations
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Preservation File Format: TIFF
geon: NIGER
feat: PIC TOUSIDE
lat: 21
lon: 15.5
tilt: 47
cldp: 0
nlat: 18.9
nlon: 14.6
dir: N
azi: 174
alt: 128
elev: 64
STS-36
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