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			Photo #: STS067-726-94 Date: Mar. 1995 Geographic Region: KIRIBATI Feature: CHRISTMAS I, B. OF WRECKS



	STS067-726-94 Kiritimati Island, Republic of Kiribati March 1995 Kiritimati Island (formerly known as Christmas Island), the largest atoll in the Pacific Ocean, is the centerpiece of this low-oblique, northeast-looking photograph. The atoll covers 234 square miles (606 square kilometers), of which 94 square miles (243 square kilometers) are land. The island was discovered by Captain James Cook in 1777. The majority of the island's inhabitants work on coconut plantations and in copra production. The island's major airbase is on the northeast side of the island. A few meteorological research stations are scattered throughout the island. Nuclear tests were conducted on Kiritimati Island by the British in 1957 and 1958 and by the United States in 1962.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 88k
Mission:	STS067
Roll - Frame:	726 - 94
Geographical Name:	KIRIBATI
Features:	CHRISTMAS I, B. OF WRECKS
Center Lat x Lon:	2.0N x 157.5W
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	10
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	33	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	100
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	NE	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:	124
Date:	19950310	YYYYMMDD
Time:	014032	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	.4N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	158.7W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	263	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	184	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	46	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	ISLAND, ATOLL
Water Views:	LAGOON
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	AIRPORT
City Views:

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