Photo #: STS079-834-6 Date: Sep. 1996 Geographic Region: AUSTRALIA-NSW Feature: SYDNEY |
STS079-834-006 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia September 1996 The areal extent of Australia's largest city, Sydney that is located along the southeast coast of the continent with a population of almost 4 million people, can be discerned by the lighter-colored landscape. The darker terrain south of the sprawling urban area shows Heathcote and Royal National Parks, while the darker area north (lower left) of Sydney is Kur-ing-gai Chase National Park. Sydney is noted as a city of green areas, famous waterfront and harbor area, great beaches, and friendly citizens. The extensive, serpentine-shaped water feature (upper left quadrant) is Sydney Harbor. The other large bay (top center) is Botany Bay where the twin runways (linear, light-colored features) of Sydney International Airport jut southward into Botany Bay. The other dark-colored water feature is Prospect Reservoir (slightly below center). |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 362k |
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Mission: | STS079 |
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Roll - Frame: | 834 - 6 |
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Geographical Name: | AUSTRALIA-NSW |
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Features: | SYDNEY |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 34S x 150.5E |
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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: | 26 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 250 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | W | 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: | 30 |
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Date: | 19960918 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 051122 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 33.6S |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 151.7E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 296 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 156 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 30 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | FOREST, RANGE |
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Water Views: | BAY |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | URBAN AREA |
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City Views: | SYDNEY |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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