Photo #: STS090-732-68 Date: Apr. 1998 Geographic Region: USA-TEXAS Feature: EL PASO |
STS090-732-068 El Paso, Texas April, 1998 The cities of Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas can be seen in this near-vertical looking view. El Paso is located in far west Texas on the Rio Grande, which separates the United States to the east and Mexico to the west. The city is situated in the Chihuahuan Desert, one of the largest desert areas in the world. Fort Bliss Army Base, defense-related businesses, educational institutions, retail and wholesale trades, and agriculture account for the city's economic base. Near the center of the image, the runway of El Paso International Airport is discernible. Northwest or right of the airport are the north-south trending Franklin Mountains. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 309k |
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Mission: | STS090 |
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Roll - Frame: | 732 - 68 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-TEXAS |
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Features: | EL PASO |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 32.0N x 106.5W |
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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: | 5 |
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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: | 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: | 210 |
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Date: | 19980430 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 191434 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 31.9N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 105.2W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 194 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 131 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 73 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | VALLEY, HILL |
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Water Views: | RIVER |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | URBAN AREA, AGRICULTURE, AIRPORT |
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City Views: | EL PASO |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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