# STS-101 Earth Sciences Debriefing

# June 19, 2000

# 

# *Slide List*

# 

# THE CASPIAN SEA

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  STS 101-708-085    Volga River delta (comparatives, Shuttle-Mir book
                     ad)

                     Cover, Recently published volume on Shuttle-Mir
                     Observations

                     Map of the Caspian Sea region

                     

  STS 101-709-056    Volga River, May 2000

  STS064-101-20      Volga floodplain detail, September 1994

                     

  STS 101-715-041    Sor Mertvyy Kultuk, Sor Kaydak, May 2000

  STS51B-31-60       Mangyshlak Peninsula, May 1985

  NM21-740-76        Mangyshlak Peninsula, May 1996

                     

  STS 101-721-066    Apsheron Peninsula, flooding of Baku oil production
                     facilities, May 2000

  STS036-89-50       Apsheron Peninsula, April 1991

  NM21-735-76        Apsheron Peninsula, May 1996

                     

  NM21-773-060C      Apsheron Peninsula

  NM21-773-060A      Oil slicks on Caspian sea

                     

  STS101-721-64      Kura Peninsula, May 2000

  STS036-89-51       Kura Peninsula, April 1991

                     

  STS 101-721-65     Frontal boundary, Caspian Sea, 05/24/00

  STS101-709-44      Frontal boundary, Caspian Sea, 05/20/00
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# ARAL SEA

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  STS101-708-93    High oblique view, Aral Sea

  STS51F-36-59     Aral Sea, August 1985

  STS047-79-82     Aral Sea, September 1992

  NM21-762-25      Aral Sea, July 1996

  NASA6-707-34     Aral Sea, January 1998

                   

  STS101-715-043   Aral Sea, May 2000

                   Map of Aral Sea changes as viewed by astronauts

                   
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# LAKE CHAD & THE SAHARA

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| STS101-712-32 | L. Chad basin oblique looking ENE                   |
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|               |                                                     |
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| STS041-76-01  | Lake Chad, October 1990                             |
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| STS101-723-48 | Lake Chad comparison                                |
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|               | Digitally enhanced version of STS101 shot.          |
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|               |                                                     |
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| S             | # Probably the first photograph of its              |
| TS101-706-010 | kind in our database! Two impact craters, Aorounga  |
|               | and Gweni Fada, in one view. Scientists have reques |
|               | ted images from space of Gweni Fada. Gweni Fada is  |
|               | located in the Ennedi Plateau of Chad and is 14 km  |
|               | in diameter. No definitive age has been determined, |
|               |  but the crater is no older than 345 million years. |
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| S             | # Aorou                                             |
| TS101-706-006 | nga impact in Chad. Although suspected of being an  |
|               | impact for some time, its remoteness did now allow  |
|               | for confirmation until 1992. The crater is 12.6 km  |
|               | in diameter and is less than 345 million years old. |
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|               |                                                     |
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| S             | Karakul Lake in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan,    |
| TS101-707-027 | has partially filled an impact crater. The original |
|               | crater diameter was 45 kilometers (the lake is 25   |
|               | km across) and it has been dated at less than 10    |
|               | million years. We have few photographs of this      |
|               | crater lake in our database collection.             |
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| S             | Richat Structure in Mauritania. Although this       |
| TS101-701-033 | structure looks like an impact crater it is not.    |
|               | Uplift and erosion of sedimentary rocks are         |
|               | probably responsibile for the circular nature of    |
|               | this feature. Richat is 38 km in diameter.          |
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# CLIMATE / LA NINA

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  STS101-702-7     Sua Pan, detail, with lots of water, May 2000

  STS101-711-1     Sua Pan, wide view, oblique

  STS51I-38-70     Sua Pan, 1985

  STS055-98-36     Sua Pan, 1993

  STS093-722-16    Sua Pan, 1999

                   

  STS 101-706-29   Wetter Mozambique with drainages, cloud free

  STS 101-723-2    SE Africa grand pan from central Mozambique to N Cape
                   with Lesotho---with smoke exit and new flood-related
                   lakes along coast of Mozambique

                   

  STS101-718-95    Betsiboka River Mouth, May 2000

  STS51I-39-42     Betsiboka River Mouth, September 1985

  STS51A-34-40     Betsiboka River Mouth, November 1984
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# YELLOW RIVER DELTA, and CHINA

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  STS101-718-65    Yellow River and Bohai Bay

                   SeaWiFS image of China and the Yellow River

  99ESC0409367     ESC image taken by EarthKam

                   GIS Comparative analysis

                   

  STS101-715-12    Yellow River and Great Wall

                   

  STS099-711-66    Chinese plains, north of Shenyang as seen in Winter
                   (February 2000)

  STS101-718-60    N. Chinese plains, north of Shenyang
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# CITIES

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  STS101-701-053   Boston- Providence

                   

  STS101-702-20    New York City

  STS101-702-22    Long Island

                   

  STS101-715-29    Graz, Austria

  STS101-722-35    Grenoble, France, and Geneva, Switzerland. Alpine
                   structures near Grenoble, crosscut by later Rhone
                   rifting (excellent stereo pair of area in
                   STS101-716-018, 016)
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# RIFTS & VOLCANOES

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  STS101-715-88                 Rhone delta and the Camargue

  STS101-715-90                 Rhone delta and the Camargue in sunglint

                                Horses and flamingoes

                                

  STS101-715-85                 Southern Rhone rift, western boundary faults

  STS101-715-86                 Southern Rhone rift, eastern boundary faults

                                

  STS101-720-058                Lake Hövsgol rift, transform fault linking it to
                                Baykal rift -

  STS101-720-061                Baykal rift, city of Irkutsk, recent volcanoes

                                

  STS101-723-061                Western branch, East African rift,
                                [first-ever]{.underline} details of Lake

  STS101-723 069                Tanganyika rift valley, Rukwa transform fault zone

                                

  STS101-716-33    Sicily,      
                   5-21-00      

  STS101-723-36    Mt. Etna     
                   with smoke   
                   plume        
                   (5-23-00)    

                                

  STS 101-718-010  New Zealand  
                   plate        
                   boundary -   
                   White Island 
                   with plume   

  STS 101-718-003  New Zealand  
                   plate        
                   boundary -   
                   Ruapehu and  
                   Tongariro    
                   volcanoes    
                   \-- best to  
                   date         
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# METEOROLOGY

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  STS101-720-23              Gods Lake, Manitoba - The last of Winter\'s ice
                             remains visible on this larger lake in eastern
                             Manitoba as a Spring cyclone retreats northeastward
                             over Hudson Bay.

  STS101-709-86              Eastern Canada iceform

                             

  STS101-720-70              Northern Hokkaido, Japan - Wake clouds swirl around
                             the small islands of Rishiri-Shima and Rebun-To with
                             snow still present on Rishiri Yama volcano (5,640 ft).

                             

  STS101-726-27              Gravity Waves in Stratocumulus Near Japan

  STS101-702-2               Madeira Island Wake Patterns - This mountainous
                             island, rising to over 6,100 ft, obstructs and
                             disrupts the mostly dry northeasterly wind field. The
                             result is a visible change in sea conditions and color
                             for dozens of miles downwind.

                             

  STS101-720-43              Winter Storm, SE Pacific - Sunset highlights the top
                             of this small cyclone west of lower South America.

  STS101-725-47              Haze and Clouds over Black Sea - This oblique view
                             illustrates the relative thickness of both clouds and
                             haze in the atmosphere.

                   Daily     
                   weather   
                   map,      
                   Mission   
                   day 7     

                             

  STS101-725-95              Transatlantic Contrails to the Tropics

                             

  STS101-706-23              Wake Clouds Near Canary Islands - The wind field and
                             cloud pattern noted the day before persist well-south
                             of the islands today.

  STS101-709-29              Von Karman vortices, Canary Islands
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# MISCELLANEOUS

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| STS101-723-26 | Corsica, France - This Mediterranean island is very  |
|               | green after a month of unusually warm and wet spring |
|               | weather.                                             |
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|               |                                                      |
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| STS101-717-21 | Strait of Gibraltar framed by orbiter, node, etc. -  |
|               | Sums up this crew\'s challenges for earth obs        |
|               | photography!                                         |
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|               | Nile wish list                                       |
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|               |                                                      |
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| STS101-718-27 | # Persian Gulf oblique looking SE                    |
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| STS101-707-30 | Alluvial fan and agriculture, western China          |
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|               |                                                      |
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| STS101-724-88 | Newfoundland, Port au Port Pen., Lewis Hills with    |
|               | snow                                                 |
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| STS101-715-71 | Prince Edward Island under low light conditions.     |
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|               |                                                      |
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| STS101-709-10 | Art shot: Kuril Islands volcano, snow, clouds        |
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| STS101-709-17 | Art shot: cloud and wave patterns from collapsing    |
|               | TRW                                                  |
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