Photo #: STS084-714-4 Date: May 1997 Geographic Region: FRANCE Feature: CORSICA |
STS084-714-004 Corsica, France May 1997 Corsica, annexed by France in 1768, is a mountainous island with a rocky coastline that is severely indented along the west side of the island. Snow-capped mountain ridges (lighter colored areas), exceeding 7000 feet (2134 meters) in elevation help to identify a north, northwest to south, southeast alignment of the higher elevations that extend almost the entire length (118 miles-190 km) of the island. A narrow coastal plain, including lagoons and swamps, is visible along part of the east coast of the island. Less than 5 percent of the land area is suitable for the commercial cultivation of crops. Tourism has surpassed fishing as the leading economic activity for Corsica. The Strait of Bonifacio separates Corsica from the Italian island of Sardinia to the south (top center). |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 289k |
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Mission: | STS084 |
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Roll - Frame: | 714 - 4 |
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Geographical Name: | FRANCE |
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Features: | CORSICA |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 43.0N x 9.0E |
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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: | 5 |
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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: | 100 |
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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: | 125 |
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Date: | 19970523 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 062720 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 41.3N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 9.6E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 85 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 202 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 26 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | ISLAND, MOUNTAIN |
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