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LOCATION Direction Photo #: ISS019-E-6499 Date: Apr. 2009
Geographic Region: TURKEY
Feature: ANKARA, ROADS, HILLS


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Ankara, Turkey

The central portion of the capital city of Turkey, Ankara, is featured in this astronaut photograph. Ankara is located in central Turkey. The climate there is continental and relatively dry, leading to cold winters and hot summers. The region is prone to major earthquakes, as Turkey experiences tectonic forces from both the African plate to the west and the Arabian plate to the east. Despite the earthquake hazard, the city traces its roots back into antiquity, with a Hittite settlement here prior to 1200 BC. A citadel built and occupied in turn by the Galatians, Romans, Byzantines, and Seljuks overlooks the central portion of the city, and today serves as both a historical and recreational site. Perhaps an even more imposing structure--the mausoleum of the founder of the modern-day Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk--is visible on an adjacent hill to the southwest.

Hill slopes around the city (image left and right) are fairly green due to spring rainfall. One of the most striking aspects of the urban area is the almost uniform use of red brick roofing tiles, which contrast with lighter-colored roads; the contrast is particularly evident in the northern (image lower left) and southern (image upper right) portions of the city. Numerous parks are visible as green patches interspersed within the red-roofed urban region. A region of cultivated fields in the western portion of the city (image center) is a recreational farming area known as the Ataturk Forest Farm and Zoo--an interesting example of intentional preservation of a former land use within an urban area.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 302k
Mission: ISS019  
Roll - Frame: E - 6499
Geographical Name: TURKEY  
Features: ANKARA, ROADS, HILLS  
Center Lat x Lon: 39.9N x 32.9E
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 10
 
Camera:: N2
 
Camera Tilt: 13   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 400  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NW   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: 3546  
 
Date: 20090411   YYYYMMDD
Time: 130118   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 39.3N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 33.3E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 248   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 188   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 37   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: FOREST, HILL  
Water Views:  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: URBAN AREA  
City Views: ANKARA  

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