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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS059-214-60 Date: Apr. 1994
Geographic Region: INDONESIA-J
Feature: SURABAJA AREA, COAST


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STS059-214-060 Surabaya, Java, Indonesia April 1994
Surabaya, Indonesia's second most-populated city, with over 2 million (Jakarta, the country's capital, has almost 8 million ), is obvious in the center of this near-vertical photograph. Agriculture is indicated by large cultivated field patterns southwest of Surabaya, which is a major industrial center, shipbuilding center, regional manufacturing and ground transportation hub for northeastern Java, and the principal naval base for Indonesia. Prior to World War II, this seaport was used by the Dutch; from 1942 to 1945 it was occupied by the Japanese. Numerous fishing ponds lie between the much smaller, but growing, coastal city of Gresik (population of approximately 100 000) and Surabaya, 8 miles (13 kilometers) southeast of Gresik. The Bay of Surabaya separates this part of Java from Madura Island to the northeast. Near-shore sediment plumes are observed along both coastlines. The larger body of water east of Surabaya is the western end of the Madura Strait.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 102k
Mission: STS059  
Roll - Frame: 214 - 60
Geographical Name: INDONESIA-J  
Features: SURABAJA AREA, COAST  
Center Lat x Lon: 7S x 112.5E
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 20
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 16   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: SW   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: 95  
 
Date: 19940415   YYYYMMDD
Time: 065545   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 6.6S  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 112.9E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 294   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 116   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 50   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: ISLAND, VOLCANO, COAST, PLAIN  
Water Views: SEA  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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