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LOCATION Direction Photo #: NM23-777-734 Date: May 1997
Geographic Region: AUSTRIA
Feature: SALZBURG


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NM23-777-734 Salzburg, Austria Winter/Spring 1997
The location of Salzburg, an Austrian city that is located next to the southeastern tip of Germany, is barely discernible (diffused, light colored area) in the upper right quadrant of this color infrared picture (green vegetation is portrayed in shades of red). Salzburg is a classic example of a city that has developed in a valley at the base of an important mountain pass: in this case the pass connects Austria and Germany. The northern edge of the Austrian Alps (top of image) can be recognized as the darker features (vegetated slopes) that are capped by snow cover (white areas) in the higher elevations of the mountains. U-shaped valleys (reddish swaths or corridors) that were created by valley glaciers are visible between the snow covered ridgelines and peaks. The color infrared image helps to delineate several lakes (elongated, dark features) in the upper left quadrant of the image. These lakes include Lake Atter (largest lake), Lake Mond, and Lake Wolfgang. Several small lakes north of Salzburg are more difficult to identify because ice is covering at least part of the lakes surface area. Sections of the Salzach River (a tributary of the Inn River) Valley can be identified as the valley extends northward from Salzburg until the river merges with the Inn River (near bottom center) where the river takes a more northeasterly route. The randomly spaced, darker red areas of terrain north of the mountains show the location of forested hills.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 427k
Mission: NM23  
Roll - Frame: 777 - 734
Geographical Name: AUSTRIA  
Features: SALZBURG  
Center Lat x Lon: 48.0N x 13.0E
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: LO   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 100  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: W   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: 19970503   YYYYMMDD
Time: 124204   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 47.6N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 18.8E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 228   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 210   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 50   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: MOUNTAIN, FOREST  
Water Views: LAKE, RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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