S46-80-008 - STS-046 - Mouths of the Amazon River, Brazil, South America

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: In this view of the Amazon River Mouth (0.0, 51.0W), a large sediment plume can be seen expanding outward into the Atlantic Ocean. The sediment plume can be seen hugging the coast north of the delta as a result of the northwest flowing coastal Guyana Current. In recent years, the flow of the Amazon has become heavily laden with sediment as soil runoff from the denuded landscape of the interior enters the Amazon River (and other rivers) drainage system. The Remote Manipulator Arm can be seen in frames 009 and 010.

Subject Terms: STS-46, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), BRAZIL, RIVERS, AMAZON REGION (SOUTH AMERICA), ATLANTIC OCEAN, COASTAL CURRENTS, ISLANDS, MOUTH, OCEANS, RIVER BASINS, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT

Date Taken: 2/24/1999

Categories: Earth Observations

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

geon: BRAZIL

feat: AMAZON R. DEL.,S. WINDOW

lat: 0

lon: -50

tilt: Low Oblique

cldp: 80
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