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			Photo #: STS079-810-1 Date: Sep. 1996 Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA Feature: AGRICULTURE, LAKE, CHICO



	STS079-810-001 Sacramento Valley, California, USA September 1996 The Sacramento River Valley is a flat, fertile plain that is flanked by high mountains to the east and lower but rugged hills to the west. The central valley of the Sacramento Basin narrows near the northern end of the valley. The deeply eroded and wooded southwestern flank of a mountain range that includes Mt. Lassen (not in this image) covers the northeastern third of the picture (dark terrain). Several lower, paralleling hilly ridges are visible along the western side of the valley. Black Butte Lake, a small Y-shaped reservoir, is barely visible near the edge of these folded beds (west center). Within the valley, the Sacramento River floodplain (and the river's channels) can be traced across a landscape that is covered by a multitude of cultivated fields (angular-looking patterns, variety of colors). Interstate Highway 5 is observed as it runs north-south along the western side of the Sacramento Valley. The location of Chico (gray fine-textured feature) is barely discernible along the eastern side of the valley.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 377k
Mission:	STS079
Roll - Frame:	810 - 1
Geographical Name:	USA-CALIFORNIA
Features:	AGRICULTURE, LAKE, CHICO
Center Lat x Lon:	39.5N x 122W
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:	30	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	E	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:	116
Date:	19960923	YYYYMMDD
Time:	162859	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	40.1N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	123.8W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	115	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	201	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	26	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	VALLEY, MOUNTAIN
Water Views:	RIVER, LAKE
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	AGRICULTURE
City Views:

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