![]() ![]() Geographic Region: USA-CALIFORNIA Feature: MONTEREY BAY, MOUNTAINS |
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STS073-725-082 Monterey Bay, Santa Lucia Range, and Santa Cruz Mountains, California, U.S.A. September 1995 Monterey Bay, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, is featured in this synoptic, low-oblique, north-looking photograph. Monterey, located at the southern end of the bay, is one of the oldest cities in California and the site of the first published newspaper in California. South of Monterey lies the rugged Santa Lucia Range. East of the Santa Lucia Range is the Salinas River Valley with numerous agricultural field patterns. North of Monterey Bay are the forested Santa Cruz Mountains; San Jose, located at the south end of San Francisco Bay; and the western portion of the rugged Diablo Range. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 301k |
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Mission: | STS073 |
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Roll - Frame: | 725 - 82 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-CALIFORNIA |
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Features: | MONTEREY BAY, MOUNTAINS |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 36.5N x 122W |
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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: | 49 | 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: | 69 |
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Date: | 19951024 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 200142 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 33.8N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 121.4W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 184 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 145 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 45 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | COAST, MOUNTAIN, FAULT, FOREST |
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Water Views: | BAY |
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Man Made Views: | |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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