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			Photo #: NM23-716-396 Date: Mar. 1997 Geographic Region: BRAZIL Feature: PORTO ALEGRE



	NM23-716-396 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil Winter/Spring 1997 Porto Alegre (light gray area slightly west of center), the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, is located along the east bank of the Rio Guaiba. Porto Alegre is one of several cities that are aligned in a north-south corridor of urban development in this region of southern Brazil. A substantial sediment plume from the Rio Guaiba is visible as it enters Lagoa dos Patos. The angular-looking field patterns around the periphery of Lago dos Patos shows an extensive concentration of agricultural activities, mainly rice fields. The dark blue-colored lake in the northeast corner of the picture is Lagoa dos Barros.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 346k
Mission:	NM23
Roll - Frame:	716 - 396
Geographical Name:	BRAZIL
Features:	PORTO ALEGRE
Center Lat x Lon:	30S x 51W
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	5
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	LO	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
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	Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:
Date:	19970321	YYYYMMDD
Time:		GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:		Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:		nautical miles
Sun Elevation:		Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	PLAIN
Water Views:	LAGOON, RIVER, SEDIMENT
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	AGRICULTURE
City Views:

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