Space Shuttle Large Format Camera Photography Cloud Cover Interference Diagrams

摘要

High-resolution photographs of the Earth's land features acquired by space vehicles can present information that is not obvious on other types of imagery. For investigators interested in resources, the land must be visible on the photograph. This is not generally the case with imagery acquired during the October 1984 flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger carrying the large format camera. The report reviews and compares various records concerning the cloud cover. The imagery of the United States is reviewed, and frame-by-frame sketch diagrams of cloud cover are presented.