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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS068-229-15 Date: na 1994
Geographic Region: USA-MICHIGAN
Feature: WHITEFISH BAY, UPPER PEN


IMAGE
 
STS068-229-015 Saint Marys River and Straits of Mackinac, Michigan, U.S.A. October 1994
This panoramic, southeast-looking, low-oblique photograph features sediment-laden Saint Marys River; Sault Sainte Marie; and the Straits of Mackinac, which separate lower Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Saint Marys River and the Straits of Mackinac are important links in the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Visible are southeastern Lake Superior (bottom), northern Lake Huron (top center), and northern Lake Michigan (near right center). Whitefish Bay is apparent (nearly enclosed just left of center). Ontario Province in Canada lies north of Saint Marys River.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 297k
Mission: STS068  
Roll - Frame: 229 - 15
Geographical Name: USA-MICHIGAN  
Features: WHITEFISH BAY, UPPER PEN  
Center Lat x Lon: 46.5N x 85W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 5
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: LO   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 40  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:   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:  
 
Date: 1994____   YYYYMMDD
Time:   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:   nautical miles
Sun Elevation:   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: FOREST  
Water Views: LAKE, BAY, RIVER, STRAIT  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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