MISSION 32QL — Buenos Aires, Argentina

Buenos Aires on the southern bank of the Río de la Plata, the estuary carrying enough suspended sediment to turn the water opaque brown across the top of the frame. Landsat frame, 30 metres per pixel.

Magnified detail from the Buenos Aires capture, centre of frame.

Frame detail

MAG ×1.75 — 30 M GSD

Observation

What the pass recorded.

Buenos Aires on the southern bank of the Río de la Plata, the estuary carrying enough suspended sediment to turn the water opaque brown across the top of the frame. Beyond the built edge the Pampas start immediately: flat, rectangular, agricultural.

ORBIT: //ELIPSE 31°INC: SSO 98.2°ALT: 705 KM

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Telemetry

As flown.

The pass that produced the frame above, as it was recorded: where the sensor was, what it was pointed at and what the sky was doing at the moment of capture.

Coordinates: -34.6037, -58.3816
Position: 34.60° S / 58.38° W
City: Buenos Aires
Admin area: Buenos Aires
Country: Argentina
Captured: 21.08.2011
Sensor: LANDSAT-5 / TM
Altitude: 705 km
Ground sample: 30 m
Pass azimuth: 94°
Off-nadir: 4.8°
Cloud cover: 13%

The composed plate for mission 32QL: the capture above, the mission sheet below. — Composed by the same pipeline that produces the print file: the capture above, the mission sheet below. Shown watermarked, at preview resolution, in a display mount.

Deliverable

How it would be printed.

Desk scale. Reads as a document.

Format: 30 × 40 CM
Imperial: 12 × 16 IN
Ratio: 3:4
Finish: Unframed
Print facility: US / RENO, NV

Source

This reference frame is a public-domain NASA / USGS Landsat product. It stands in for a customer capture, which is tasked commercially and delivered at higher resolution.

Credit: http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/NewEarthExplorer/ image ID LT52250842011233COA01
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABuenos_Aires%2C_city_and_vicinities%2C_satellite_image_LandSat-5%2C_2011-08-21%2C_near_natural_colors%2C_30_m_resolution.jpg

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