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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: STS094-720-4 Date: Jul. 1997
Geographic Region: CUBA
Feature: HAVANA

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  STS094-720-004 Havana, Cuba July 1997
The capital city of Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean, can be seen in this mostly north-looking view. Havana is located on the northwest coast of Cuba, 90 miles (145 km) south-southwest of Key West, Florida. One of the oldest cities in the Americas, Havana has one of the best natural port and harbor facilities in the Western Hemisphere. The older, historic part of Havana sets on the west side of the harbor, while the newer, industrialized portion extends to the west and south of the older, colonial part of the city. Industries include oil refineries, assembly plants, rum distilleries, sugar refineries, cigar factories, textile mills, and packing plants. Most of the people, who work in the Havana industries, live to the west and southwest of the City. The runways of the Jose Marti International Airport are visible 16 miles (25 km) to the southwest of Havana just past the urban areas and major transportation highways are visible leaving the central city. Nearly 100 homes were destroyed and many more damaged by Hurricane George as it passed to the north of the city in September of 1998.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 345k
Mission: STS094  
Roll - Frame: 720 - 4
Geographical Name: CUBA  
Features: HAVANA  
Center Lat x Lon: 22.0N x 82.5W
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: 29   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: S   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: 93  
 
Date: 19970707   YYYYMMDD
Time: 123120   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 23.5N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 82.6W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 74   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 159   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 21   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: COAST, PLAIN, HILL  
Water Views:  
Atmosphere Views: PLUME  
Man Made Views: URBAN AREA, AIRPORT  
City Views: HAVANA  
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