File:AST-16-1256 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, Egypt, Alexandria, Wadi Natrun, El Alamein - NARA - 16630712.jpg

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AST-16-1256 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, Egypt, Alexandria, Wadi Natrun, El Alamein (

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973-

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AST-16-1256 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, Egypt, Alexandria, Wadi Natrun, El Alamein

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Description: Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP),Egypt,Alexandria,Wadi Natrun,El Alamein. Image taken on Revolution 71. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) of Photo 201:10:40,Ground Elapsed Time (GET) 110:50,Altitude 224 km. Original Film Magazine: CT-04,Laboratory Roll 16; Camera Data: Hasselblad,70-mm,Data with 1-cm Reseau,Model 500EL,NASA Modified; Film Data: 70mm Ektachrome,High Definition Aerial,Type SO-242,ASA = 10 (Approximate); Lens 60mm.

Subject Terms: Apollo Soyuz Test Project, Earth Observations (From Space), Egypt, Africa

Categories: Earth Observations

Date: 7/20/1975

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Part of this photo was used in Figure 5 of Utilization of ASTP Photographs in the Study of Small Structures in Abu Rawâsh and Wâdi el Natrûn, Egypt by Hassan A. El-Etr and Farouk El -Baz, in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Summary Science Report, Volume II, Earth Observations and Photography (1979, NASA SP-412), which has the following caption:

FIGURE 5.—Enlargement of ASTP photograph AST-16-1256 showing Wâdi el Natrûn and its numerous median lakes. The color of the lakes is a function of chemistry, salinity, and bacterial content.

This photo was used in Figure 4 (a) of Color Zoning in the Western Desert of Egypt by Farouk El-Baz and Hassan A. El-Etr, in the same Report, which has the following caption:

FIGURE 4. — Space photograph and sketch map of the Western Desert. (a) Three color zones in the area of the Western Desert of Egypt just west of the Nile Delta: (1) dark earthy-gold desert pavement with lighter colored patches and bright yellow-gold longitudinal dunes; (2) a pinkish-yellow zone representative of a sand sheet, with a red tint that increases toward the north; and (3) a dusty pinkish-gray, mottled area closer to the Mediterranean coast, with large ridges that parallel the seacoast (AST-16-1256).

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between 15 July 1975 and 24 July 1975

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Record group: Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (National Archives Identifier: 582)
Series: Photographs of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (National Archives Identifier: 7933548)

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The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP),Egypt,Alexandria,Wadi Natrun,El Alamein. Image taken on Revolution 71. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) of Photo 201:10:40,Ground Elapsed Time (GET) 110:50,Altitude 224 km. Original Film Magazine: CT-04,Laboratory Roll 16; Camera Data: Hasselblad,70-mm,Data with 1-cm Reseau,Model 500EL,NASA Modified; Film Data: 70mm Ektachrome,High Definition Aerial,Type SO-242,ASA = 10 (Approximate); Lens 60mm. Subject Terms: Apollo Soyuz Test Project, Earth Observations (From Space), Egypt, Africa Categories: Earth Observations Date: 7/20/1975 Original: Film - 70MM CT Interior_Exterior: Exterior Ground_Orbit: On-orbit (English)

determination method: determined by GLAM institution and stated at its website

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reference URL: https://dp.la/item/5cb186d7decdf41b43368df4dd8464fd

publisher: Digital Public Library of America

retrieved: 15 July 2023