Photo #: ISS050-E-51867 Date: Feb. 2017 Geographic Region: FRANCE Feature: MARSEILLE, CALANQUES NATIONAL PARK |
Marseille, France An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) shot this photograph of Marseille, the second largest city in France. Known as Massalia in the days of the Roman Empire, the city sits along the Mediterranean coast. From above, Marseille has a distinct red hue due to the clay terra cotta tiles covering the roofs of most buildings. Clay deposits are mined locally in Var, northeast of Marseille. Those signature roof tiles have influenced architectural styling in parts of Australia and New Zealand since the late 1800s. The international spread of French culture and products can be attributed to Marseille's coastal location. The city has been a major trading port since 400 BC, and the current Port of Marseille-Fos serves as the second largest port on the Mediterranean Sea. Today, the city is known for international trade and commerce of hydrocarbon products, iron, steel, ships, construction materials, alcohol, and food. Adjacent to Marseille lies Calanques National Park (//www.calanques-parcnational.fr/fr), Europe's first peri-urban national park - it is located at the transition between town and country. Founded in 2012, the park encompasses both land and water, while protecting the region's natural landscapes, terrestrial and marine biodiversity, and cultural heritage. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 634k |
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Mission: | ISS050 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 51867 |
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Geographical Name: | FRANCE |
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Features: | MARSEILLE, CALANQUES NATIONAL PARK |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 43.3N x 5.4E |
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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: | 26 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 1150 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | W | 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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Date: | 20170219 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 102841 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 43.6N |
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Nadir Lon: | 7.1E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 157 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 217 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 33 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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