NASA Photo ID: SL2-03-192          File Name: 10076132.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 06/22/73
Title: Lake Mead, NV
Description:
Lake Mead, Nevada, (36.0N, 114.5E) where the water from the Colorado River 
empties after it's 273 mile journey through the Grand Canyon of Arizona is 
the subject of this photo.  Other features of interest are Hoover Dam on
the  south shore of Lake Mead where cheap hydroelectric power is secondary
to the   water resources made available in this northern desert region and
the resort   city of Las Vegas, just to the west of Lake Mead.  In this
harsh desert  environment, color infrared photography readily penetrates
haze, detects and  portrays vegetation as shades of red.              

Subject terms:
COLOR INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY              
DESERTS                                 
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
MOUNTAINS                               
STS-2                                   

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