Aerial Photographs of Lake Superior IceThere is a tremendous number and variety of ice features in these photos. Most were taken from altitudes of 600-1400 m above the lake (some as high as 3000 m (Flight 7)). Photos were taken with hand-held 35 mm SLR cameras using standard slide films. The photographer leaned out the window of the four seat Cessna Skyhawk, with the plane rolling between 30 and 45 degrees to facilitate nadir shots; the navigator recorded various film and location parameters for each photo. Providing a scale for each image is difficult due to variability in camera look angle, but some general guidelines are possible. Depending on the camera look angle (close to nadir versus oblique off-nadir), horizontal dimensions typically run from approximately 500-2000 m across (horizontally) the scene. Ashok Agarwal (aagarwal@mtu.edu) is the principal point of contact for information about these air photos. Drew Pilant (anpilant@mtu.edu) is the principal investigator for this project. Neil Harri was the pilot for all the flights. Mike Bohn (Michael_L._ Bohn@tenneco-packaging.com) perfomed most of the aerial photography.
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