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LOCATION Direction Photo #: ISS007-E-16747 Date: Oct. 2003
Geographic Region: USA-ILLINOIS
Feature: CHICAGO, LAKE MICHIGAN


IMAGE
 
Chicago by day. The population of the city of Chicago, IL is roughly 3 million people, but metropolitan Chicago includes nearly 10 million. This image stretches from East Chicago and Gary IND (bottom left) to Kenosha IL (right). The contrast between the gray urban region comprising metropolitan Chicago and the surrounding coastal plain is relatively unimpressive.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 256k
Mission: ISS007  
Roll - Frame: E - 16747
Geographical Name: USA-ILLINOIS  
Features: CHICAGO, LAKE MICHIGAN  
Center Lat x Lon: 42.0N x 88W
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 25
 
Camera:: E4
 
Camera Tilt: 41   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 50  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NE   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number: 3875  
 
Date: 20031008   YYYYMMDD
Time: 184504   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 39.6N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 89.7W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 200   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 201   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 43   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: PLAIN  
Water Views:  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views: CHICAGO, GARY  

Photo is not associated with any sequences


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