S36-82-076 - STS-036 - Earth observations of internal waves taken during the STS-36 mission
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Description: Earth observation images of internal waves taken during the STS-36 mission from Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. These open ocean Internal Waves were seen off the Namibia Coast, Africa. The periodic and regularly spaced sets of incoming internal appear to be diffracting against the coastline and recombining to form a network of interference patterns. They seem to coincide with tidal periods about 12 hours apart and wave length (distance from crest to crest) varies between 1.5 and 5.0 miles and the crest lengths stretch beyond the image. Image 076 was selected by the Public Affairs Office (PAO) for public release.
Subject Terms: STS-36, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), INTERNAL WAVES, OCEAN SURFACE, WAKES, WAVES
Date Taken: 3/1/1990 0:00
Categories: Earth Observations
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Preservation File Format: TIFF
geon: NAMIBIA
feat: PLANKTON BLOOM
lat: -19.5
lon: 11.5
tilt: 39
cldp: 20
nlat: -20.2
nlon: 13.2
dir: W
azi: 295
alt: 134
elev: 64
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