Photo #: ISS052-E-8449 Date: Jun. 2017Geographic Region: ITALY
Feature: MARE PICCOLO, TARANTO, IONIAN SEA
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Photo #: ISS052-E-8449 Date: Jun. 2017 Geographic Region: ITALY Feature: MARE PICCOLO, TARANTO, IONIAN SEA |
| Taranto City, Southern Italy Looking down from the International Space Station on the Italian coastline through a powerful (1150 millimeter) zoom lens, an astronaut shot this detailed photograph of the city of Taranto. It is Italy's major southern port and naval base. These facilities face into the outer bay, locally known as the Mar Grande, where ships are anchored. The Cheradi Islands form a small archipelago that encircles the Mar Grande. From docks on the north side of Mar Grande, the city exports petroleum and steel products from a nearby industrial zone. The naval yards lie on the east side. The old town, dating from Roman times, occupies the tip of the promontory that separates Taranto's outer bay from the inner bay, Mar Piccolo. A wider view from 2014 shows Taranto's location in the northern angle of the Gulf of Taranto. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 440k |
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| Mission: | ISS052 |
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| Roll - Frame: | E - 8449 |
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| Geographical Name: | ITALY |
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| Features: | MARE PICCOLO, TARANTO, IONIAN SEA |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 40.5N x 17.2E |
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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: | 43 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 1150 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | SW | 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: | 20170625 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 130535 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 42.7N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 19.8E |
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: | 217 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 55 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | ISLANDS, ITALY |
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| Water Views: | BAY, GULF |
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| Atmosphere Views: | |
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| Man Made Views: | PORT |
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| City Views: | |
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