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			Photo #: STS094-721-52 Date: Jul. 1997 Geographic Region: PUERTO RICO Feature: SAN JUAN



	STS094-721-052 San Juan, Puerto Rico July 1997 The capital and largest city in Puerto Rico, San Juan, can be seen in this north-northeast-looking view. The city is located on the northern coast of the island on the Atlantic Ocean. San Juan, the chief commercial, industrial, shipping, and governmental center of Puerto Rico, is a very popular year around vacation resort. Manufactured products include rum and other beverages, pharmaceuticals, sugar, electronic equipment, chemicals, clothing, cement, publishing, and jewelry. San Juan's old colonial section is situated on two rocky inlets near the mouth of its harbor, and is linked by bridges with the mainland. The harbor facilities at San Juan are some of the best in the West Indies.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 350k
Mission:	STS094
Roll - Frame:	721 - 52
Geographical Name:	PUERTO RICO
Features:	SAN JUAN
Center Lat x Lon:	18.5N x 66W
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	20
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	18	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:	96
Date:	19970707	YYYYMMDD
Time:	172324	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	17.7N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	66.3W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	294	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	161	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	77	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	COAST, HILL
Water Views:
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	URBAN AREA
City Views:	SAN JUAN

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