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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: STS51B-44-54 Date: na 1985
Geographic Region: JAPAN
Feature: OSAKA BAY

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  STS51B-044-0054 Kobe and Osaka, Japan April 1985
The Inland Sea, Awaji Island (center of the photograph), and the major cities of Kobe and Osaka (north and east of Awaji Island, respectively) can be seen in this low-oblique, east-looking photograph. Awaji Island is a relatively flat, fertile island that is 32 miles (51 kilometers) long and 3 to 17 miles (5 to 27 kilometers) wide. Osaka, a major port city with a population in excess of 3 million, is located east of Awaji Island on Osaka Bay at the mouth of the Yodo River (visible in the photograph). Osaka is the focal point of an industrial core of cities stretching northwestward to Kobe. Food processing, printing, and the manufacturing of steel, chemicals, electrical equipment, and textiles are among its chief industries. Kobe, a major industrial city with a population of more than 1.5 million, is the principal port of Japan in the value of trade. Industries include shipbuilding yards; vehicle factories; iron and steel mills; sugar refineries; and chemical, rubber, and food processing plants. The city is built partially on the north shore of Osaka Bay and partially on the hillsides north and northeast of the city. Also visible in the photograph, west-southwest of Awaji Island, is the eastern end of Shikoku Island, where mountains limit agriculture and impede communication. The valley of the Yoshino River (a major fault zone) traverses the island east-west. This fault line crosses the Kii Channel and extends eastward across the Kii Peninsula southeast of Osaka. This region of Japan is earthquake prone; the Kobe earthquake of January 1995 killed more than 5000 people and caused extensive property damage.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 127k
Mission: STS51B  
Roll - Frame: 44 - 54
Geographical Name: JAPAN  
Features: OSAKA BAY  
Center Lat x Lon: 34.5N x 134.5E
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 5
 
Camera: HB
 
Camera Tilt: NV   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 100  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:   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: 23  
 
Date: 1985____   YYYYMMDD
Time:   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:   nautical miles
Sun Elevation:   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: MOUNTAIN, FAULT, ISLAND, COAST  
Water Views: SEA, BAY  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: URBAN AREA  
City Views:  
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