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			Photo #: ISS026-E-34079 Date: Mar. 2011 Geographic Region: JAPAN Feature: SENDAI AREA COAST, ISHIMONAKI, SOMA, KASHIMA



	Flooded Coast near Sendai Through a thin haze of clouds, flooding was still discernible south of Sendai days after the massive earthquake and resulting tsunami that devastated Japan. An Expedition 26 crew member on the International Space Station took this photograph on March 14, 2011. This image is rotated slightly so north is to the upper right. The metropolitan area of Sendai appears in shades of beige and gray. The coastal plain east and south of the city appears dark due to flood waters sitting on normally dry land. Rivers meandering to the coast blend with the inundated lands now surrounding them. This photo was taken from an altitude of 215 miles (345 kilometers). Compared to an astronaut photo acquired the previous day, this image appears to have been captured from a higher altitude, but the seeming difference is due to the camera lens.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 169k
Mission:	ISS026
Roll - Frame:	E - 34079
Geographical Name:	JAPAN
Features:	SENDAI AREA COAST, ISHIMONAKI, SOMA, KASHIMA
Center Lat x Lon:	38.0N x 141.0E
Film Exposure:		N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	75
Camera:	N5
Camera Tilt:	52	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	200
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	W	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:	2592
Date:	20110314	YYYYMMDD
Time:	003513	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	36.5N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	144.6E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	139	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	185	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	42	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	COAST, PLAIN
Water Views:	FLOODING
Atmosphere Views:	HAZE
Man Made Views:
City Views:	SENDAI

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