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			Photo #: ISS001-E-6691 Date: Feb. 2001 Geographic Region: ITALY Feature: VENICE



	The compact Italian city of Venice with its renowned canals is situated on a small, fish-shaped island in the Laguna Veneta at the northwest corner of the Adriatic Sea. In this photo taken from the International Space Station by the Expedition 1 Crew on February 21, 2001, one can see part of the causeway connecting the city to the mainland. The sinuous Canal Grande bisecting the city is easily visible in this scene as is the larger Canal Guidecca to the west, which leads to the port facilities on the northwestern end of the island. For centuries, the low-lying city has successfully coped with the three-foot tidal range experienced at this end of the Adriatic Sea, and the series of barrier islands has offered some protection from storm waves. However, a combination of both regional land subsidence and recent slight rises in sea level pose a significant threat this historic city and its priceless art treasures.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 67k
Mission:	ISS001
Roll - Frame:	E - 6691
Geographical Name:	ITALY
Features:	VENICE
Center Lat x Lon:	45.5N x 12.5E
Film Exposure:		N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	10
Camera:	E2
Camera Tilt:	9	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	800
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	E	The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:		Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:	903
Date:	20010221	YYYYMMDD
Time:	132619	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	45.4N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	12.0E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	214	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	201	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	28	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	ISLAND
Water Views:	CANAL, SEA
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	PORT
City Views:	VENICE

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