S37-97-075 - STS-037 - Earth observation of Yirrigue Volcanic Caldera Complex during STS-37
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Description: Earth observation image of the Yirrigue Volcanic Caldera Complex, Tibesti Mountains, Chad taken during the STS-37 mission from Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104. Familiarly referred to as the squid because of its suggestive shape, the Yirrigue Volcanic Caldera complex is one of the nine major volcanic centers in the Tibesti Mountains of northern Chad. Dark colored lava flows radiate from the younger volcanic cone, Tousside. Older rock units are heavily eroded by streams that flowed when rainfall was more common in the Sahara.
Subject Terms: STS-37, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), DESERTS, FIELDS, LAVA, WATER EROSION, WIND EROSION, VOLCANOES
Date Taken: 4/6/1991
Categories: Earth Observations
Interior_Exterior: Exterior
Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Original: Film - 70MM CT
Preservation File Format: TIFF
geon: CHAD
feat: TIBESTI MTNS.
lat: 21
lon: 16.5
tilt: Low Oblique
cldp: 0
nlat: 21.6
nlon: 9
dir: E
azi: 150
alt: 246
elev: 73
STS-37
Space Shuttle Atlantis was a space shuttle that was operated by NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program. It was the fourth operational shuttle built, and the last one to be built before the program was retired in 2011. Atlantis was named after the first research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and it made its first flight in October 1985. Over the course of its career, Atlantis completed 33 missions and spent a total of 307 days in space. Its last mission was STS-135, which was the final mission of the Space Shuttle program. Atlantis is now on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104) was one of the four first operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States. (The other two are Discovery and Endeavour.) Atlantis was the fourth operational shuttle built. Atlantis is named after a two-masted sailing ship that operated from 1930 to 1966 for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Atlantis performed well in 25 years of service, flying 33 missions.
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