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Earth observations during Space Shuttle flight STS-26: Discovery's mission to earth - September 29-October 3, 1988During the late September-early October, 1988 flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, astronauts took 1505 photographs of earth using handheld cameras. The resulting pictures provide an overview, not available from any other source, of dynamic environmental phenomena on five continents. The Discovery photographs show that: (1) atmospheric clarity has improved in the Northern Hemisphere, (2) widespread burning of natural vegetation throughout the Southern Hemisphere continues to generate immense smoke palls and extensive sedimentation in rivers and estuaries, and (3) although the drought in Africa was partially relieved by heavy rains in autumn, 1988, Lakes Chad and Nasser are at the lowest levels ever seen from space.
Document ID
19890060853
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Wood, C. A.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Helfert, M. R.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Lulla, K. P.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Covey, R. O.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Geocarto International
Volume: 4
ISSN: 1010-6049
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
89A48224
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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