Photo #: NM21-766-78 Date: Jul. 1996Geographic Region: USA-CONNECTICUT
Feature: BRIDGEPORT,LONG I. SOUND
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Photo #: NM21-766-78 Date: Jul. 1996 Geographic Region: USA-CONNECTICUT Feature: BRIDGEPORT,LONG I. SOUND |
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| NM21-766-078 Long Island Sound, Connecticut Spring-Summer 1996 Long Island Sound and southwestern Connecticut can be seen in this northwest-looking view. Long Island Sound, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, was once a river valley with the river flowing from west to east. Some 12000 to 15000 years ago, glaciers scoured out the valley and dumped their deposits on what is now Long Island. Long Island Sound is 115 miles long (185 km) long. The northern coast of Long Island has low hills and cliffs and is indented with many bays (lower left). Many cities, such as Stamford, Norwalk, and Bridgeport (bottom right) form an urban corridor along the Sound's Connecticut coast, with many of their residents commuting to and from their jobs in the New York City area. The region to the north of the Connecticut coast is made up of low hills and rolling terrain with numerous small lakes and forested areas. The Hudson River is visible traversing the upper left to the upper center of the image. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 390k |
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| Mission: | NM21 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 766 - 78 |
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| Geographical Name: | USA-CONNECTICUT |
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| Features: | BRIDGEPORT,LONG I. SOUND |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 41.0N x 73.5W |
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| Film Exposure: | N | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
| Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 0 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | LO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | NW | 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 |
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| Date: | 19960705 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | GMT HHMMSS |
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| Nadir Lat: | N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
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| Space Craft Altitude: | nautical miles |
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| Sun Elevation: | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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| Land Views: | COAST, FOREST |
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| Water Views: | BAY |
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| Atmosphere Views: | |
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| Man Made Views: | URBAN AREA |
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| City Views: | |
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