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LOCATION Direction Photo #: ISS055-E-23376 Date: Apr. 2018
Geographic Region: CANADA-O
Feature: DETROIT, BELLE ISLE, DETROIT RIVER, MICHIGAN


 
River of the Strait

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) centered this photograph on Belle Isle, an island in the Detroit River. Late 17th century French settlers called the waterway Riviere Detroit, which translates to "River of the Strait."

The Detroit River stretches approximately 45 kilometers (30 miles) and provides connectivity between the upper Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Iron ore, mined from Michigan's Upper Peninsula and northern Minnesota, makes up more than 50 percent of the commodities passing through the Port of Detroit. In the photo, a few large ships are visible passing along the narrow strait. The river serves as the international border between the United States and Canada, following along the southern channel and making Belle Isle part of the U.S.

Belle Isle is a park with attractions including a museum, zoo, aquarium, conservatory, and athletic fields. Since 1992, the island has been temporarily transformed into a raceway several times to host what is formally known as the Detroit Grand Prix.

On the U.S. side of the river lies Michigan's most populous city, Detroit, famously nicknamed the Motor City. Automobile production has driven the economy in Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, since the early 1900s, with the largest American automotive companies headquarters around and within Detroit. More than 2 million motor vehicles per year have been produced in Michigan in nearly every year since 1990.

The Detroit-Windsor international crossing has the highest number of freight truck containers passing across the U.S.-Canadian border each year, with automobiles and vehicle parts being one of the top commodities.



Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 525k
Mission: ISS055  
Roll - Frame: E - 23376
Geographical Name: CANADA-O  
Features: DETROIT, BELLE ISLE, DETROIT RIVER, MICHIGAN  
Center Lat x Lon: 42.3N x 83W
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 10
 
Camera:: N8
 
Camera Tilt: 29   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 1150  
 
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
Orbit Number:  
 
Date: 20180412   YYYYMMDD
Time: 180206   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 40.6N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 84W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 192   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 215   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 58   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
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