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			Photo #: STS066-127-32 Date: Nov. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-NEW YORK Feature: LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK CY



	STS066-127-032 Long Island, New York November 1994 The fourth largest island of the United States and the largest outside of Alaska and Hawaii, Long Island can be seen in this northeast-looking view. Long Island is 118 miles (190 km) long, 12 to 20 miles (19 to 32 km) wide, and covers an area of 1723 sq. miles (4463 sq. km). Most of northern Long Island is made up of glacial deposits forming small hills and cliffs and indented bays. The southern portions of Long Island are low-lying out-wash plains of glacial deposits consisting of long sandy beaches, backed by dunes and shallow lagoons. Sand and gravel are quarried from the island's glacial deposits. Commercial fishing and recreation are also important commodities of the island. Long Island Sound, a former river valley, separates Long Island from the southern coast of the state of Connecticut. The New York/Newark Metropolitan areas are discernible extending north to south along the left (western) edge of the image.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 332k
Mission:	STS066
Roll - Frame:	127 - 32
Geographical Name:	USA-NEW YORK
Features:	LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK CY
Center Lat x Lon:	41.0N x 73.5W
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:	29	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?:	N	Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:	64
Date:	19941107	YYYYMMDD
Time:	161151	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	42.4N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	74W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	172	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	162	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	31	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	ISLAND, COAST, FOREST, UPLAND
Water Views:	BAY, RIVER
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	URBAN AREA
City Views:

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