Photo #: ISS062-E-102615 Date: Mar. 2020 Geographic Region: HUNGARY Feature: BUDAPEST |
Budapest at Night The angle of this photograph (off-nadir), shot by an astronaut from the International Space Station (ISS), provides a unique perspective on Budapest at night. Located in central Hungary, Budapest is home to approximately 20 percent of the country's population. The core of the city is divided by the Danube River, visible here as the dark void between the central lights of the downtown areas. The Danube is Europe's second-longest river, and it flows through the city from the north and continues until it empties into the Black Sea. The two sides of Budapest are connected by several bridges visible near the city center. The different concentrations of lights on the two sides of the river are indicative of the population and structure of the modern city. Budapest is a unification of three different cities: Buda, Pest, and Obuda (a historical city). Buda, on the west bank of the river, is more residential and compact because of the constraints of steeper terrain. Pest, on the east bank, has a flatter topography leading to a more sprawling, radial structure stretching outward from the center. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 241k |
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Mission: | ISS062 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 102615 |
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Geographical Name: | HUNGARY |
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Features: | BUDAPEST |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 47.7N x 19.1E |
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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:: | N8 |
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Camera Tilt: | 33 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 200 |
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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: | 20200318 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 202638 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 49.8N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 20.3E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 317 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 221 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | -33 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | BASIN |
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Water Views: | RIVER, SEA |
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Atmosphere Views: | NIGHT |
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Man Made Views: | |
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City Views: | BUDAPEST |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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