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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS064-110-86 Date: Sep. 1994
Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA
Feature: MONTEREY BAY, SANTA CRUZ


IMAGE
 
STS064-110-086 Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz, and Santa Cruz Mountains, California, U.S.A. September 1994
Dark blue Monterey Bay and the forested Santa Cruz Mountains are featured in this near-vertical photograph. Santa Cruz, north of the bay, has many fine beaches and is surrounded by hills and redwoods. Tourism, electronics, and food processing are the main industries of the city. The small city of Watsonville, a trade and processing center for vegetables and fruits grown in the surrounding agricultural areas, is visible east of the bay. The Salinas River enters Monterey Bay from the south.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 366k
Mission: STS064  
Roll - Frame: 110 - 86
Geographical Name: USA-CALIFORNIA  
Features: MONTEREY BAY, SANTA CRUZ  
Center Lat x Lon: 37.0N x 122W
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: 11   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
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: 98  
 
Date: 19940915   YYYYMMDD
Time: 232744   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 36.6N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 121.9W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 247   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 131   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 32   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: COAST, MOUNTAIN, FAULT  
Water Views: BAY  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: URBAN AREA  
City Views:  

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