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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: ISS002-E-6638 Date: May 2001
Geographic Region: UK-ENGLAND
Feature: GREENWICH, THAMES RIVER

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  Greenwich is situated on the south shore of a sharp bend in the River Thames, just southeast of the City of London and is part of Greater London. Here is located the world famous Royal Observatory where the Prime Meridian, dividing East and West Longitude, was defined by international agreement in 1884. In this detailed portion of a larger area photographed by the crew of the International Space Station on May 8, 2000, the location of the Observatory itself is roughly the small, light area in the northern, wooded part of Greenwich Park. The River Thames with its port facilities and industrial sites winds its way, left to right, across the scene. The large, white, circular structure is the Millennium Dome. Over 1 km in diameter and 50 m high, it was built as an exhibition center to commemorate the new millennium, which chronologically began at the Prime Meridian.  
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 125k
Mission: ISS002  
Roll - Frame: E - 6638
Geographical Name: UK-ENGLAND  
Features: GREENWICH, THAMES RIVER  
Center Lat x Lon: 51.5N x .0E
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: 20   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 800  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NE   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: 2089  
 
Date: 20010508   YYYYMMDD
Time: 112044   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 50.5N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 0.7W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 163   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 205   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 56   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:  
Water Views: RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: PORT  
City Views: LONDON  
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