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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS056-97-53 Date: Apr. 1993
Geographic Region: USA-FLORIDA
Feature: CITY OF MIAMI


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STS056-097-053 Homestead, Florida, U.S.A. April 1993
The dark blue Straits of Florida, where water depths average approximately 1000 feet (305 meters), contrast with the lighter blues of much shallower Biscayne Bay and Florida Bay at the southern tip of the mainland where depths average 6 to 10 feet (2 to 3 meters). The northern end of the Florida Keys extend north to southwest of the mainland. The cultivated fields between densely populated greater Miami and the darker, more uniform Everglades grow a variety of commercially produced vegetables and fruits. Discernible are the light, linear, single runway (slightly below middle) of Homestead Air Force Base east of Homestead and a large, roughly rectangular feature along western Biscayne Bay southeast of the air base that appears to be a fish hatchery or specialized aquaculture center. Discernment is difficult between elevated ground and swampy saw grass and between permanently water covered areas of sea grass and the swampy, vegetated coastal plains.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 295k
Mission: STS056  
Roll - Frame: 97 - 53
Geographical Name: USA-FLORIDA  
Features: CITY OF MIAMI  
Center Lat x Lon: 25.5N x 80.5W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 12   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NE   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?: N   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number: 101  
 
Date: 19930414   YYYYMMDD
Time: 124137   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 25.1N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 80.9W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 89   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 161   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 21   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: PLAIN, ISLAND  
Water Views: BAY, OCEAN  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: AIRPORT, AGRICULTURE  
City Views:  

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