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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: STS040-151-1 Date: Jun. 1991
Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA
Feature: SAN JOAQUIN VLY, FRESNO

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  STS040-151-001 San Joaquin Valley and Coast Range, California, U.S.A. June 1991
A large part of the heavily cultivated San Joaquin Valley extending from Modesto in the north to Bakersfield in the south is visible in this low-oblique photograph. The broad valley and the Coast Range with several identifiable faulted valleys, including the San Andreas Fault, extend in a northwest-southeast alignment. Visible is a small section of the more massive, snow-capped Sierra Nevada Mountains along the eastern side of the valley. The small, irregular, black features along the western flank of the Sierra Nevada Mountains are reservoirs. The larger San Luis Reservoir is visible in the foothills of the Diablo Range along the western flank of the valley. Low stratus clouds hug the California coastline.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 276k
Mission: STS040  
Roll - Frame: 151 - 1
Geographical Name: USA-CALIFORNIA  
Features: SAN JOAQUIN VLY, FRESNO  
Center Lat x Lon: 36.0N x 120W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 30
 
Camera: LH
 
Camera Tilt: 15   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 90  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: S   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?: N   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number: 35  
 
Date: 19910607   YYYYMMDD
Time: 164012   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 36.7N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 120.1W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 93   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 153   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 45   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: MOUNTAIN, FAULT, VALLEY, COAST  
Water Views:  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: AGRICULTURE  
City Views:  
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