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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: ISS058-E-28096 Date: Mar. 2019
Geographic Region: USA-FLORIDA
Feature: COAST, FLORIDA PENINSULA, FLORIDA KEYS, LAKE OKEECHOBEE, TAMPA BAY, ATLANTIC OCEAN, GULF OF MEXICO

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  Florida's Rocks and Rocketeers

An astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) captured this oblique photograph of Florida, on the southeastern coast of the United States. The image highlights the state's many lakes, as well as the shallow, light-toned waters of the Florida Keys.

Most of Florida's land surface overlies thick carbonate deposits (typically limestone) that have been shaped into the Floridan aquifer system. This aquifer developed over time through the dissolution of carbonate rocks by surface water or groundwater, creating a karst landscape. Most of the state today is capped with sand and clay deposits that prevent carbonates from being exposed at the surface. However, these deposits are thin to nonexistent in a few areas, allowing a higher rate of carbonate dissolution to take place. This process results in sinkholes that fill with ground water, creating a chain of lakes.

Just off the southern coast of the state, the Florida Keys extend southwest into the Gulf of Mexico. This chain of islands is composed of fossilized remnants of ancient coral reefs and sandbars. Before the 19th century, most people avoided the Keys because of the dangers from reefs and pirates. In the 1800s, the islands became major trading centers between the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. This positive attention and new commerce helped develop the area into one of FloridaA's most popular tourist destinations.

Along Florida's Atlantic coast, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center have been the sites for all American-launched manned spaceflights, including the launch of Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969. Much of the ISS was also carried into space on space shuttle flights from Cape Canaveral.

 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 398k
Mission: ISS058  
Roll - Frame: E - 28096
Geographical Name: USA-FLORIDA  
Features: COAST, FLORIDA PENINSULA, FLORIDA KEYS, LAKE OKEECHOBEE, TAMPA BAY, ATLANTIC OCEAN, GULF OF MEXICO  
Center Lat x Lon: 27.0N x 82.5W
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 25
 
Camera: N8
 
Camera Tilt: 31   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 20  
 
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:  
 
Date: 20190307   YYYYMMDD
Time: 143054   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 27.1N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 80.3W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 119   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 218   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 36   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: CAPE, COAST, ISLANDS  
Water Views: GULF, OCEAN  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views: CAPE CANAVERAL  
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