Photo #: ISS024-E-14580 Date: Sep. 2010Geographic Region: ATLANTIC OCEAN
Feature: HURRICANE IGOR, EYE STRUCTURE, SPIRAL BANDS
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Photo #: ISS024-E-14580 Date: Sep. 2010 Geographic Region: ATLANTIC OCEAN Feature: HURRICANE IGOR, EYE STRUCTURE, SPIRAL BANDS |
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| Hurricane Igor from the Space Station Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this digital photograph of the eye of Hurricane Igor at 10:56 Atlantic Daylight Time (13:56 UTC) on September 14, 2010. The storm was a category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale of intensity. At the time of the image, Igor was centered in the Atlantic Ocean near 18deg N 52deg W and slowly moving west-northwest at 11 kilometers (7 miles) per hour, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Maximum sustained winds of 213 km (132 mi.) per hour, with gusts to 259 km (161 mi.) per hour. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 118k |
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| Mission: | ISS024 |
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| Roll - Frame: | E - 14580 |
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| Geographical Name: | ATLANTIC OCEAN |
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| Features: | HURRICANE IGOR, EYE STRUCTURE, SPIRAL BANDS |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 18.5N x 52.5W |
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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: | 100 |
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| Camera:: | N2 |
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| Camera Tilt: | 51 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 50 |
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| 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 |
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| Orbit Number: | 3753 |
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| Date: | 20100914 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 135633 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 16.5N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 55.8W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 115 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 187 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 62 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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| Water Views: | OCEAN |
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| Atmosphere Views: | HURRICANE |
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| Man Made Views: | |
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| City Views: | |
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