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Deportation/exile of the Chagos Islanders
Nov. 19 1990, 10:55am (local time):
Diego Garcia from 130 n.miles in space
Earth from Space - Image Information
Photo #: STS038-086-104 Date: Nov 1990
Geographic Region: CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO
Feature: DIEGO GARCIA
STS038-086-104, Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago, November 1990. The largest of the coral atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, Diego Garcia, is visible in this northwest-looking view. Diego Garcia is approximately 350 miles (560 km) south of the Maldive Islands in the central Indian Ocean. The crescent shape of the coral island encloses a lagoon that forms the harbor. Diego Garcia is the site of a large Anglo-American Naval Air and Communications facility located on the northwest part of the atoll.
| Images: | Hi-Resolution 36.38MB Lo-Resolution 324k | |
| Mission: | STS038 | |
| Roll - Frame: | 86 - 104 | |
| Geographical Name: | CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO | |
| Center Lat x Lon: | 7.5S x 72.5E | |
| Film Exposure: | N | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
| Percentage of Cloud Cover- CLDP: | 45 | |
| Camera Tilt: | NV | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Lenth: | 250 | |
| Camera Look Direction: | N | The direction from the nadir to the center point,
N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
| Stereo?: | Y | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area,
N=No there isn't |
| Orbit Number: | 52 | |
| Date: | 19901119 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 045547 | GMT HHMMSS { local: GMT+6 } |
| Nadir Lat: | 8.0S | |
| Nadir Lon: | E | |
| Sun Azimuth: | 115 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 130 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 59 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | ATOLL | |
| Water Views: | REEF, LAGOON | |
| Atmosphere Views: | ||
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Source: http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/ printinfo.cgi?PHOTO=STS038-086-104 (Aug. 15 2002).
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Posted Sept. 1 2002. Updated June 7 2008.
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