NASA Photo ID: SL4-137-3655        File Name: 10076361.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 12/16/73
Title: Island wake produced by Antipodes Islands south of New Zealand
Description:
An island wake produced by the Antipodes Islands in the ocean current south 
of New Zealand (49.7S, 178.8E) is seen in this photograph taken from the 
Skylab space station in Earth orbit. The bow wave pattern is quite evident 
and can be used to determine the current speed from the angle of the bow
wave  if the propagation speed of the surface waves is known. Also, evident
is the  darker band extending downstream from the island tens of miles.
This is the  actual wake of the island.                

Subject terms:
CLOUDS                                  
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
EDDY CURRENTS                           
NEW ZEALAND                             
OCEAN CURRENTS                          
OCEAN SURFACE                           
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PACIFIC OCEAN                           
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
SKYLAB 4                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          

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