![]() ![]() Geographic Region: USA-SOUTH CAROLINA Feature: CHARLESTON,BULLS BAY, R. |
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STS073-706-009 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. October 1995 The highly reflective central business district of downtown Charleston is discernible on a peninsula between two rivers--the Cooper River to the east and the Ashley River to the northwest. This synoptic photograph of Charleston and its coastal environs provides a physical picture of the wetlands that extend northeast-southwest, creating tidal marshes and a swampy landscape in a narrow belt along the coast. The darker terrain east of the Cooper River is Francis Marion National Forest. The active coastal currents are evidenced by the mixing water patterns along the coast and the plume that extends seaward from Charleston Harbor. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 272k |
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Mission: | STS073 |
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Roll - Frame: | 706 - 9 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-SOUTH CAROLINA |
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Features: | CHARLESTON,BULLS BAY, R. |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 33.0N x 79.5W |
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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: | 0 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | 31 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | N | 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: | 36 |
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Date: | 19951022 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 184015 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 31.6N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 79W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 213 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 146 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 41 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | PENINSULA, COAST, FOREST |
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Water Views: | SWAMP, RIVER, SEDIMENT |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | URBAN AREA |
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City Views: | CHARLESTON |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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