April Ice: Isle Royale

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Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior

24 MP (5100×5100) from 70mm Film (1994)

Thunder Bay, Ontario is on the left, and a small piece of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula is on the right, as you can see in this composite.

Also in this photo: Kaministiquia River; Pie Island; Sleeping Giant Provincial Park; Black Bay; Edward Island; City of Thunder Bay, ON.

 

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Description

Isle Royale is 9 miles wide and 45 miles long (15×72 km), made mostly of billion-year-old volcanic Greenstone.  Wheeled vehicles are not allowed on the island, but there 165 miles of hiking trails, 36 campgrounds, and a few cabins. The rocky archipelago includes 450 much smaller islands; it is the least-visited National Park in the continental USA.  Nobody lives there year-around.

Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour, Mission STS-59 (STS059)
Altitude: 137 miles / 254 km (Flight Level 7,231)
Ground Speed: 4.8 miles per second (17,395 mph / 32,216 kph)
Sun Elevation: 48° | Sun Azimuth: 196° | Sun Time: ∼12 PM (est.)
Orbital Inclination: 57°
Camera: Hasselblad 70mm with magazine
Lens: Hasselblad 100mm
Film: Kodak natural color positive, Lumiere 100/5046, ASA 100, standard base