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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS066-152-128 Date: Nov. 1994
Geographic Region: USA-ILLINOIS
Feature: QUAD CITIES AREA


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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
Mission: STS066  
Roll - Frame: 152 - 128
Geographical Name: USA-ILLINOIS  
Features: QUAD CITIES AREA  
Center Lat x Lon: 41.0N x 91W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera:: LH
 
Camera Tilt: 13   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 90  
 
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  
 
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  
Water Views: RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: AGRICULTURE  
City Views:  

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