Photo #: STS056-78-32 Date: Apr. 1993Geographic Region: GREECE
Feature: THASOS I.,SOFT FOCUS
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Photo #: STS056-78-32 Date: Apr. 1993 Geographic Region: GREECE Feature: THASOS I.,SOFT FOCUS |
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| STS056-078-032 Thasos Island, Greece April 1993 Thasos (Thassos) Island, famous in antiguity for its gold and marble lies 4 miles (6 km) off the coast of Greece in the northern Aegean Sea. Covering an area of 170 sq. miles (440 sq. km), the rugged, forested, mountainous island is composed of marble and gray green gneiss. Numerous sandy beaches dot the island. Ample rainfall in autumn and winter sustains the dense vegetation, which covers the landscape and makes the island a popular vacation resort area. Thasos Island is now famous for its honey as beehives are in evidence throughout the island. The long airport runway at Kavala Khrisoupolis Airport on mainland Greece is visible near the bottom center of the image. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 243k |
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| Mission: | STS056 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 78 - 32 |
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| Geographical Name: | GREECE |
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| Features: | THASOS I.,SOFT FOCUS |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | N x E |
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| Film Exposure: | F | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
| Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 5 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
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| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
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| Stereo?: | N | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
| Orbit Number: | 33 |
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| Date: | 19930410 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 061000 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 40.9N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 24.4E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 102 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 163 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 25 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | ISLAND, MOUNTAIN, PLAIN |
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| Water Views: | SEA, RIVER |
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| Atmosphere Views: | |
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| Man Made Views: | AIRPORT |
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