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S46-84-053 - STS-046 - Ennedi Plateau, Chad/Sudan Border, Africa

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S46-84-053 - STS-046 - Ennedi Plateau, Chad/Sudan Border, Africa

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Description: This view of the Ennedi Plateau (18.0N, 24.0E) shows the effects of severe wind erosion on this desert landscape in the far eastern portion of the Sahara Desert. The dark areas are lava flows, the calderas have long ago been eroded by the desert winds. The red toned surrounding surfaces are thick tropical soils, remnants of much earlier times when this region was a much greener savanna landscape that has also been severely eroded. The crew of STS-46 selected frame 054 for release. STS-46 mission.

Subject Terms: STS-46, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), AFRICA, CHAD, DESERTS, LAVA FLOWS, PLATEAUS, SAHARA DESERT (AFRICA), SOIL EROSION, SUDAN, WIND EROSION

Date Taken: 8/2/1992

Categories: Earth Observations

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Preservation File Format: TIFF

geon: SUDAN

feat: TEIGA PLAT., WADI HOWAR

lat: 15.5

lon: 24.5

tilt: 36

cldp: 0

nlat: 18.1

nlon: 25.6

dir: S

azi: 90

alt: 232

elev: 79
STS-46

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1992
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The U.S. National Archives
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