Photo #: ISS020-E-31066 Date: Aug. 2009Geographic Region: ISRAEL
Feature: SEA OF GALILEE, TIBERIAS, AGR.
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Photo #: ISS020-E-31066 Date: Aug. 2009 Geographic Region: ISRAEL Feature: SEA OF GALILEE, TIBERIAS, AGR. |
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| Sea of Galilee, northern Israel Israel's largest freshwater lake, Lake Tiberias, is also known as the Sea of Tiberias, Lake of Gennesaret, Lake Kinneret, and the Sea of Galilee. The lake measures just more than 21 kilometers (13 miles) north-south, and it is only 43 meters (141 feet) deep. The lake is fed partly by underground springs related to the Jordan sector of the Great Rift Valley, but most of its water comes from the Jordan River, which enters from the north. The river's winding course can be seen draining the south end of the lake at image bottom. Angular green and brown field patterns clothe most hillsides in this arid landscape. Bright roof tops are the hallmark of several villages in the area. The largest grouping of bright roofs and city blocks indicates the location of Tiberias (named for the Roman Emperor Tiberius), visible at image left on the southwestern shore of the lake. War, earthquakes, and even a flood in 1934 have resulted in heavy damage to the town in the last 2,000 years, but it is now Israel's most popular holiday destination. Ruins of the famous biblical town of Capernaum, re-discovered in 1838 by the American explorer Edward Robinson, lie just north of Tiberias on the northwestern shore of Lake Tiberias. Excavations have revealed a synagogue from the fourth or fifth century, making it one of the oldest in the world. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 421k |
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| Mission: | ISS020 |
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| Roll - Frame: | E - 31066 |
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| Geographical Name: | ISRAEL |
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| Features: | SEA OF GALILEE, TIBERIAS, AGR. |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 32.8N x 35.6E |
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| Film Exposure: | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
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| Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 10 |
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| Camera:: | N2 |
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| Camera Tilt: | 27 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 400 |
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| 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=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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| Orbit Number: | 1528 |
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| Date: | 20090815 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 102101 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 31.3N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 35.0E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 208 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 189 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 71 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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| Water Views: | LAKE, RIVER, SEA |
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