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			Photo #: STS056-75-35 Date: Apr. 1993 Geographic Region: PERU Feature: COAST RIVERS, AGR., ANDES



	STS056-075-035 Coastal Area Around Pisco, Peru April 1993 The narrow, arid but elevated coastal plains of southern Peru are visible in this image that extends inland from the Pacific coast to the western flank of the Andes Mountains (mainly obscured by white clouds at the bottom of the image). Several ephemeral stream channels can be identified as they drain generally westward. The darker-looking landscape along the streams are cultivated, irrigated regions where mainly cotton and grapes are grown. The square-looking peninsula toward the upper right corner of the picture is Pararas Peninsula. The coastal port city of Pisco is located a few miles north of the peninsula near the mouth of the Pisco River (along the first stream channel to the right of the peninsula). The Ica River Valley drains southward near the center of the image. The climate along the section of the Peruvian coast is desert, but some moisture is provided by the seasonal snowmelt from the Andes Mountains.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 330k
Mission:	STS056
Roll - Frame:	75 - 35
Geographical Name:	PERU
Features:	COAST RIVERS, AGR., ANDES
Center Lat x Lon:	14.5S x 76W
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	25
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	40	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	100
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	S	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:	39
Date:	19930410	YYYYMMDD
Time:	152903	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	12.5S	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	75W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	49	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	161	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	59	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	PLAIN, MOUNTAIN
Water Views:	RIVER
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	AGRICULTURE
City Views:

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