Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Johnson Space Center Collection
Title:
False-color composite of Oetztal, Austria
Description:
This image is a false-color composite of Oetztal, Austria located in the Central Alps centered at 46.8 degrees north latitude, 10.70 degrees east longitude, at the border between Switzerland (top), Italy (left) and Austria (right and bottom). The area shown is 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Inssbruck, Austria. This image was acquired by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperature Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) flying on the Space Shuttle Endeavour on its 14th orbit. Approximately one quarter of this image is covered by glaciers, the largest of which, Gepatschferner, is visible as a triangular yellow patch in the center of the scene. The blue areas are lakes (Gepatsch dam at center right; Lake Muta at top right) and glacier ice. The yellow areas are slopes facing the radar and areas of dry snow. Purple corresponds to slopes facing away from the radar. Yellow in the valley bottom corresponds to tree covered areas. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory alternative photo number is P-43890.
Date Taken:
1994-04-13
Program:
Shuttle
Mission:
STS-059
Subject Terms:
EARTH
Subject Terms:
OBSERVATIONS
Subject Terms:
(FROM
Subject Terms:
SPACE)
Subject Terms:
LAKES
Subject Terms:
MOUNTAINS
Subject Terms:
SPACEBORNE
Subject Terms:
EXPERIMENTS
Subject Terms:
RADAR
Subject Terms:
IMAGERY
Subject Terms:
(ORBITER)
Subject Terms:
SHUTTLE
Subject Terms:
IMAGING
Subject Terms:
ENDEAVOUR
Subject Terms:
STS-59
Subject Terms:
GLACIERS
Subject Terms:
AUSTRIA
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Endeavour
facet_what:
Spaceborne Imaging Radar
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_where:
The Valley
facet_where:
Italy
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Switzerland
facet_where:
Austria
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Photo ID:
STS059(S)072
Film Type:
70mm
UID:
SPD-JSC-STS059(S)072
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False-color composite of Oetztal, Austria