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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: ISS026-E-16368 Date: Jan. 2011
Geographic Region: BRAZIL
Feature: BRASILIA AREA AT NIGHT

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  Brasilia, Brazil at Night

Whether seen at night or during the day, the capital city of Brazil is unmistakable from orbit. Brasilia is located on a plateau--the Planalto Central--in the west-central part of the country, and is widely considered to be one of the best examples of 20th century urban planning in the world. One of its most distinctive design features--as seen from above--suggests a bird, butterfly, or airplane traveling along a northwest-southeast direction, and is made dramatically visible by city light patterns (image center right, between Lake Paranoa and the airport).

Following the establishment of Brasilia in the early 1960s, informal settlements began to form around the original planned city. Ceilandia was one such settlement. In 1970, Ceilandia was formalized by the government and is now a satellite city of Brasilia with its own distinct urban identity.

The developed areas of Brasilia and its satellites are clearly outlined by street grids and highway lights in this astronaut photograph taken from the International Space Station. The large unlit region to the upper right is the Brasilia National Park. Other dark regions to the bottom and left include agricultural fields and expanses of the Cerrado tropical savanna.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 252k
Mission: ISS026  
Roll - Frame: E - 16368
Geographical Name: BRAZIL  
Features: BRASILIA AREA AT NIGHT  
Center Lat x Lon: 15.8S x 47.9W
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 10
 
Camera: N5
 
Camera Tilt: 36   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 180  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NW   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: 1570  
 
Date: 20110108   YYYYMMDD
Time: 022108   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 17.6S  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 46.5W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 198   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 191   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: -48   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: PLATEAU  
Water Views:  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: HIGHWAY  
City Views:  
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