Photo #: STS066-152-128 Date: Nov. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-ILLINOIS Feature: QUAD CITIES AREA |
STS066-152-128 Mississippi River, Illinois November 1994 This panoramic northeast looking view show portions of western Illinois, southeastern Iowa, and northeastern Missouri. The Mississippi River enters the scene at the top center of the image (north) near the Quad Cities and traverses the image generally in a southerly direction exiting the scene at the bottom center to the south of Quincy, Illinois. This whole region is a rich grain and livestock area, and is part of the Great Corn Belt Region of the United States. Most of this area of the middle Mississippi River Basin was covered by an extensive mid-continental glacier, which occurred 20000 years ago. The retreating glacier created the landscape of this region that is visible today. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 340k |
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Mission: | STS066 |
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Roll - Frame: | 152 - 128 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-ILLINOIS |
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Features: | QUAD CITIES AREA |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 41.0N x 91W |
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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:: | LH |
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Camera Tilt: | 13 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 90 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | SW | 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: | 49 |
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Date: | 19941106 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 173427 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 41.5N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 90.6W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 177 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 162 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 33 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | PLAIN |
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Water Views: | RIVER |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | AGRICULTURE |
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City Views: | |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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