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			Photo #: STS049-74-68 Date: May 1992 Geographic Region: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Feature: SANTO DOMINGO



	STS049-074-068 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic May 1992 Santo Domingo, the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the Western hemisphere, is evident in this near-vertical photograph. The city was founded in 1496 by Christopher Columbus' brother, Bartholomew. Almost destroyed in 1930 by a hurricane, Santo Domingo was rebuilt, and is now a city of broad tree-lined avenues and modern buildings. The cathedral, which was begun in 1514, is the oldest building in the Western Hemisphere and reputedly contains the remains of Christopher Columbus. Located at the mouth of the polluted Ozama River on the coastal plain facing the Caribbean Sea, Santo Domingo is the commercial and cultural center and the principal seaport of the Dominican Republic. Sugar is the chief export; tourism and steel production are major industries. The major runway of the De Las Americas International Airport on Point Caucedo is visible east of the city.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 141k
Mission:	STS049
Roll - Frame:	74 - 68
Geographical Name:	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Features:	SANTO DOMINGO
Center Lat x Lon:	18.5N x 70W
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:	21	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	100
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	Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:	14
Date:	19920508	YYYYMMDD
Time:	190843	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	17.7N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	69.5W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	275	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	150	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	53	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	COAST
Water Views:	SEA
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	AIRPORT, URBAN AREA
City Views:	SANTO DOMINGO

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