Photo #: STS068-273-12 Date: Oct. 1994 Geographic Region: COLOMBIA Feature: CITY OF BARRANQUILLA |
STS068-273-012 Barranquilla, Colombia October 1994 Barranquilla, a city of more than 1 million, is located near the mouth of the Magdalena River. Barranquilla and Cartagena (not shown), with a population of approximately 655 000, are Columbia's two most important seaports with access to the Caribbean Sea. Because of large quantities of sediment, indicated by the extensive sediment plume at its mouth and the brownish color of its water, the Magdalena requires frequent dredging of the main channel to permit access to Barranquilla's port for oceangoing vessels. The urban area, with airport runways visible south of the city, presents a dramatic comparison to the almost uninhabited swamplands east of the city through which a single road traverses. In addition to its position as an important seaport, Barranquilla is a leading industrial city, producing textiles, sugar, beer, cement, and flour. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 83k |
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Mission: | STS068 |
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Roll - Frame: | 273 - 12 |
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Geographical Name: | COLOMBIA |
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Features: | CITY OF BARRANQUILLA |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 11.0N x 75W |
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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: | 10 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | 18 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | SE | 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: | 55 |
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Date: | 19941003 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 195052 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 11.4N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 75.5W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 253 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 118 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 43 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | PLAIN |
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Water Views: | RIVER, SEDIMENT, SEA |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | URBAN AREA, AIRPORT |
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City Views: | BARRANQUILLA |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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