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			Photo #: STS073-711-96 Date: Oct. 1995 Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-NT Feature: DARWIN, BYNOE HARBOR, BAYS



	STS073-711-096 Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia September 1995 Darwin, with an estimated population of 80 000, is the largest urban center along the entire north coast of Australia and is tied for fourteenth in size in the country. It is the only general seaport, the principal trading town, and the administrative center of the Northern Territory. Darwin is close enough to the tropics to be influenced by the monsoons during the winter months; however, for 8 or 9 months of the year, severe drought prevails. Both manmade and natural features are visible in this near-vertical photograph--several roads southeast of the urban area; an airport near the downtown area; Beagle Gulf and Shoal Bay, north and east, respectively, of the city; and dark stands of mangrove vegetation along the shoreline.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 93k
Mission:	STS073
Roll - Frame:	711 - 96
Geographical Name:	AUSTRALIA-NT
Features:	DARWIN, BYNOE HARBOR, BAYS
Center Lat x Lon:	12.5S x 131.0E
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	5
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	15	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:	109
Date:	19951027	YYYYMMDD
Time:	064231	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	13.1S	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	131.3E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	264	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	147	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	36	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	COAST
Water Views:	BAY, INLET, GULF, DELTA, SEDIMENT
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	URBAN AREA, AIRPORT, HARBOR
City Views:	DARWIN

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