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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: STS059-75-30 Date: Apr. 1994
Geographic Region: KAZAKHSTAN
Feature: TROITSK, FACTORY SMOKE

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  STS059-075-030 Troitsk, Russia April 1994
Troitsk is a relatively small city (1990 population estimated at 90 000) located on a tributary of the upper Tobol River approximately 70 miles (110 kilometers) south of Chelyabinsk. Troitsk serves as a railroad junction and a supply and trading center for the southern Ural Mountains mining district. The Russia-Kazakhstan border is immediately south of Troitsk (and is included in this photograph). Several large, cultivated field patterns (elongated, rectangular shapes) are visible through the snow-covered landscape. Because the fields are large, it can be inferred that they are probably planted with spring wheat. Numerous circular, frozen lakes are scattered throughout the countryside around Troitsk. Some of the darker areas in this photograph show the results of burning fossil fuels, both in the city and in parts of the surrounding areas. A single smoke plume rises in the center of the scene.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 164k
Mission: STS059  
Roll - Frame: 75 - 30
Geographical Name: KAZAKHSTAN  
Features: TROITSK, FACTORY SMOKE  
Center Lat x Lon: 54.0N x 61.5E
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 42   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NE   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: 15  
 
Date: 19940410   YYYYMMDD
Time: 081224   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 52.7N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 60.3E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 184   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 117   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 45   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:  
Water Views: RIVER  
Atmosphere Views: PLUME  
Man Made Views: URBAN AREA, POLLUTION  
City Views: TROITSK  
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