S46-71-014 - STS-046 - Pearl and Hermes Reef, Hawaiian Island Chain

The original finding aid described this as:

Description: Pearl and Hermes Reef (28.0N, 176.0W) in the Hawaiian Island Chain, are seen with several small sandy islands, forming an atoll that caps a seamount on the long chain that extends some 1500 miles northwestward from the more familiar Hawaiian Islands proper. Pearl and Hermes Reef lies about 100 miles southeast of Midway Island. A reticulate network of coral patch reefs separates the lagoon into more or less isolated pools.

Subject Terms: ATOLLS, CORAL REEFS, EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-46, HAWAII, REEFS, PACIFIC ISLANDS, LAGOONS

Date Taken: 7/31/1992

Categories: Earth Observations

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

geon: USA-HAWAII

feat: PEARL,HERMES REEF

lat: 28

lon: -176

tilt: Low Oblique

cldp: 40

nlat: -23.7

nlon: -39.6

dir: W

azi: 287

alt: 231

elev: -10
STS-46