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LOCATION Direction Photo #: NM21-765-31 Date: Jul. 1996
Geographic Region: USA-MISSOURI
Feature: HANNIBAL MO., QUINCY IL.


IMAGE
 
NM21-765-031 Mississippi River and Quincy, Illinois, U.S.A. Winter 1995-1996
Featured in this northeast-looking, low-oblique photograph is the portion of the Mississippi River between Canton and Hannibal, Missouri. Visible are the river's floodplain and numerous agricultural field patterns, the area devastated by the floods of the spring and summer of 1993. Atop a bluff on the eastern shore of the river is Quincy, Illinois (near center), a trade, industrial, and distribution center in a grain and livestock producing area. The city has a good harbor and was an important river port in the mid-19th century. Hannibal, Missouri (near bottom right), the boyhood home of author Mark Twain, sits on the western shore of the Mississippi River.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 393k
Mission: NM21  
Roll - Frame: 765 - 31
Geographical Name: USA-MISSOURI  
Features: HANNIBAL MO., QUINCY IL.  
Center Lat x Lon: 40.0N x 91.5W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 5
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 12   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: E   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?: Y   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number: 999  
 
Date: 19960703   YYYYMMDD
Time: 165128   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 39.7N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 92.2W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 128   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 208   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 66   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: VALLEY  
Water Views: RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: AGRICULTURE, URBAN AREA  
City Views:  

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