Photo #: STS062-90-50 Date: Mar. 1994 Geographic Region: GREECE Feature: PATRAI AREA |
STS062-090-050 Gulf of Patras, Greece March, 1994 The northeast-looking view shows the Gulf of Patras that connects the Gulf of Corinth through the Lepanto Strait to the east (upper right) with the Ionian Sea to the west (not visible on image). The snow-covered Panakhaikon Mountains of the northern Peloponnesus are visible midway between the upper right and right center of the image. Just left of the Panakhaikon is the port city of Patras. The city is the major commercial, industrial, and transportation center of the northwestern Peloponnesus. Near the upper left of the image is Lake Trinkhonis, a large recreation lake. To the lake's south are the Arakhintos Mountains. Near the center left of the image is a section of the Akhelops River Delta. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 339k |
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Mission: | STS062 |
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Roll - Frame: | 90 - 50 |
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Geographical Name: | GREECE |
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Features: | PATRAI AREA |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 38.5N x 21.5E |
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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: | 0 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | 9 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | N | 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: | 46 |
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Date: | 19940307 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 095927 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 38.1N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 21.3E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 163 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 161 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 45 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | COAST, MOUNTAIN |
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Water Views: | GULF, LAKE, DELTA, RIVER, STRAIT |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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