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			Photo #: STS073-759-32 Date: Oct. 1995 Geographic Region: USA-LOUISIANA Feature: NEW ORLEANS, LAKES, BRIDGE



	STS073-759-032 Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, U.S.A. October 1995 Water surrounding greater metropolitan New Orleans is featured in this north-looking photograph. Apparent are Lake Maurepas, the small body of water to the west that flows into Lake Pontchartrain, and Lake Salvador, the large lake south of New Orleans. The 24-mile (39-kilometer) causeway that connects New Orleans with communities on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain bisects this large, relatively shallow lake whose average depth is 12 feet (3.6 meters). Most of the darker areas are standing water, swamps, and marshlands; the dark, linear features are canals. The meandering Mississippi River is easily discernible as it flows south to the Gulf of Mexico.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 317k
Mission:	STS073
Roll - Frame:	759 - 32
Geographical Name:	USA-LOUISIANA
Features:	NEW ORLEANS, LAKES, BRIDGE
Center Lat x Lon:	30.0N x 90W
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:	36	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?:	N	Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:	132
Date:	19951028	YYYYMMDD
Time:	164835	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	28.4N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	89.3W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	161	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	144	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	47	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	PLAIN
Water Views:	LAKE, RIVER, CANAL, SWAMP
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	URBAN AREA, HIGHWAY
City Views:

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