Photo #: ISS042-E-1170 Date: Nov. 2014 Geographic Region: SAUDI ARABIA Feature: RIYADH, DESERT, RAVINES, AGR. |
Central Saudi Arabia: Riyadh and dunes Astronauts aboard the International Space Station took this photograph when the desert center of Arabia was partly obscured by a dusty atmosphere. With slight image enhancement, a wealth of detail appears--most strikingly, the swaths of red dunes, the straight lines of rock ridges, and the city of Riyadh (capital of Saudi Arabia). |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 98k |
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Mission: | ISS042 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 1170 |
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Geographical Name: | SAUDI ARABIA |
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Features: | RIYADH, DESERT, RAVINES, AGR. |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 24.0N x 46.7E |
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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:: | N6 |
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Camera Tilt: | 42 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 100 |
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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: | |
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Date: | 20141109 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 110025 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 21.0N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 48.2E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 227 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 223 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 37 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | DESERT |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | |
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City Views: | RIYADH |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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