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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS068-244-12 Date: Oct. 1994
Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA
Feature: EUREKA, BAY, COAST RANGE


IMAGE
 
STS068-244-012 Humboldt Bay and Arcata, California, U.S.A. October 1994
Humboldt Bay, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, extends northeastward to the coastal plain city of Arcata in this near-vertical photograph. Eureka, the chief redwood outlet for the Pacific coast, lies south of Humboldt Bay. Inland from the Pacific Ocean, the rugged terrain of the forested Klamath Mountains is discernible near the center left. Trinidad Head and Rocky Point extend into the Pacific Ocean.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 329k
Mission: STS068  
Roll - Frame: 244 - 12
Geographical Name: USA-CALIFORNIA  
Features: EUREKA, BAY, COAST RANGE  
Center Lat x Lon: 41.0N x 124W
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: 23   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: E   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: 104  
 
Date: 19941006   YYYYMMDD
Time: 201116   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 41.0N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 124.8W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 181   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 115   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 44   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: COAST, MOUNTAIN, FOREST, FAULT  
Water Views: BAY  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: URBAN AREA  
City Views:  

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