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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS068-230-85 Date: Oct. 1994
Geographic Region: USA-MICHIGAN
Feature: STRAITS OF MACKINAC, BRIDGE


IMAGE
 
STS068-230-085 Straits of Mackinac, Michigan, U.S.A. October 1994
An important link in the Saint Lawrence Seaway, the Straits of Mackinac, 4 miles (6 kilometers) wide at their narrowest point, are apparent in this south-looking, low-oblique, sunglint-reflected photograph. The Mackinac Straits Bridge (barely discernible), third longest suspension bridge [3800 feet (1159 meters) long] in the world, opened in 1957. Three islands are readily visible--Round Island, the smallest; Mackinac; and Boise Blanc, the largest of the three, south of which lies the city of Cheboygan. Interstate Highway 75 traverses north-south.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 37k
Mission: STS068  
Roll - Frame: 230 - 85
Geographical Name: USA-MICHIGAN  
Features: STRAITS OF MACKINAC, BRIDGE  
Center Lat x Lon: 46.0N x 84.5W
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: 27   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: S   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: 22  
 
Date: 19941001   YYYYMMDD
Time: 184807   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 46.9N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 84.1W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 206   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 118   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 37   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: ISLAND, FOREST  
Water Views: STRAIT, LAKE  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: MINING  
City Views:  

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