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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: STS079-810-49 Date: Sep. 1996
Geographic Region: ISRAEL
Feature: HAIFA, LAKE TIBERIAS

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  STS079-810-049 Haifa, Lake Tiberias, Israel September 1996
The third largest city in Israel, the coastal city of Haifa, situated midway between the center and bottom center of the image, is visible in this southeast-looking view. Haifa is the main port of Israel and is the country's industrial center as well. Major industries include oil refineries, food processing, shipbuilding, chemicals, electrical equipment, steel, and textiles. In the upper left corner of the image, the pear-shaped freshwater Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee) can be seen. Lake Tiberias is 14 miles (23 km) long and has a maximum width of 8 miles (13 km). The lake has a maximum depth of 150 feet (46 meters) and covers an area of 64 square miles (165 square km). Lake Tiberias lies 680 feet (207 meters) below sea level and its bed forms part of the Dead Sea Rift Valley. At one time in the geologic past, Lake Tiberias was part of a great inland sea that extended from the Hula marshes in Northern Israel to a point 40 miles (64 km) south of the Dead Sea. The lake is completely encircled by beach, and bordered by escarpments and plains. Tourism and fishing are the main industries around the lake.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 396k
Mission: STS079  
Roll - Frame: 810 - 49
Geographical Name: ISRAEL  
Features: HAIFA, LAKE TIBERIAS  
Center Lat x Lon: 33.0N x 35.0E
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: 19   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: SE   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: 125  
 
Date: 19960924   YYYYMMDD
Time: 062034   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 33.9N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 34.3E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 117   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 201   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 33   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: COAST, HILL, RIFT, ESCARPMENT  
Water Views: LAKE, SEA  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: URBAN AREA  
City Views:  
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