Photo #: STS078-732-53 Date: Jun. 1996Geographic Region: GREECE
Feature: KHIOS ISLAND,TURKEY,COAST
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Photo #: STS078-732-53 Date: Jun. 1996 Geographic Region: GREECE Feature: KHIOS ISLAND,TURKEY,COAST |
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| STS078-732-053 Khios Island, Greece June 1996 Located in the eastern Aegean Sea just off the coast of western Turkey, the Greek island of Khios can be seen in this near-nadir view. Khios Island is 30 miles (48 km) long and 8 to 15 miles (13 to 24 km) wide and covers an area of 350 sq. miles (905 sq. km). The island is hilly, scenic, and fertile with a good climate. Khios produces olives, figs, and mastic and has marble quarries, lignite deposits, and sulfur springs. Khios is noted in antiquity for its claims as Homer's birthplace and for its school of epic poets, the Homeridae. The land visible at the left center and bottom left is part of the country of Turkey. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 255k |
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| Mission: | STS078 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 732 - 53 |
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| Geographical Name: | GREECE |
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| Features: | KHIOS ISLAND,TURKEY,COAST |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 38.5N x 26.0E |
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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: | 28 | 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?: | N | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
| Orbit Number: | 62 |
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| Date: | 19960624 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 102707 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 37.2N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 25.9E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 188 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 145 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 76 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | ISLAND, HILL, COAST |
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| Man Made Views: | MINING |
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