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			Photo #: STS062-90-50 Date: Mar. 1994 Geographic Region: GREECE Feature: PATRAI AREA



	STS062-090-050 Gulf of Patras, Greece March, 1994 The northeast-looking view shows the Gulf of Patras that connects the Gulf of Corinth through the Lepanto Strait to the east (upper right) with the Ionian Sea to the west (not visible on image). The snow-covered Panakhaikon Mountains of the northern Peloponnesus are visible midway between the upper right and right center of the image. Just left of the Panakhaikon is the port city of Patras. The city is the major commercial, industrial, and transportation center of the northwestern Peloponnesus. Near the upper left of the image is Lake Trinkhonis, a large recreation lake. To the lake's south are the Arakhintos Mountains. Near the center left of the image is a section of the Akhelops River Delta.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 339k
Mission:	STS062
Roll - Frame:	90 - 50
Geographical Name:	GREECE
Features:	PATRAI AREA
Center Lat x Lon:	38.5N x 21.5E
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:	9	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	N	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:	46
Date:	19940307	YYYYMMDD
Time:	095927	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	38.1N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	21.3E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	163	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	161	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	45	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	COAST, MOUNTAIN
Water Views:	GULF, LAKE, DELTA, RIVER, STRAIT
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Man Made Views:
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