Photo #: STS058-110-33 Date: Oct. 1993Geographic Region: JAPAN
Feature: CITIES OF OSAKA & KOBE
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Photo #: STS058-110-33 Date: Oct. 1993 Geographic Region: JAPAN Feature: CITIES OF OSAKA & KOBE |
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| STS058-110-033 Osaka Area, Honshu, Japan October 1993 Osaka, Japan's third largest city with an estimated population of 2.5 million (1993) and Kobe, Japan's sixth largest city are located along the northeast end of Osaka Bay at the eastern end of the Inland Sea. Osaka is located in the center of the image along the north side of Osaka Bay. Although Osaka and Kobe dominate the urban landscape (lighter colored areas), the Osaka Plain has many cities that coalesce into one large metroplex. The angular-looking islands and the peninsulas along the coast consist of shipping facilities and container handling terminals, all of which have been built on reclaimed land. The rectangular-shaped island (lower right) is Kansai International Airport, another complex that has been constructed on reclaimed land. Several rivers including the southwesterly flowing Yodo River (thin, dark, linear feature-upper left to center) are visible as they drain across the Osaka Plain and into the northeast side of Osaka Bay. The deep red colors (green vegetation) on this color infrared image show the extent of the forested, low mountains that almost completely encircle the large industrial and cultural metropolitan area. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 357k |
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| Mission: | STS058 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 110 - 33 |
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| Geographical Name: | JAPAN |
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| Features: | CITIES OF OSAKA & KOBE |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 34.5N x 135.5E |
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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: | 5 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | 27 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
| Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | S | 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: | 55 |
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| Date: | 19931022 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 000714 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 35.7N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 135.9E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 135 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 150 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 31 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | PLAIN, MOUNTAIN, FOREST |
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| Water Views: | RIVER, BAY |
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| Atmosphere Views: | |
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| Man Made Views: | AIRPORT, URBAN AREA, PORT |
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| City Views: | |
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