Photo #: STS090-740-69 Date: Apr. 1998 Geographic Region: MEXICO Feature: MAZATLAN, COAST |
STS090-740-069 Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico April 1998 The physical setting of the popular resort city of Mazatlan (concentration of light colored area along the coast near the center of the picture), with an estimated 500,000 in population, is visible along this section of the west coast of Mexico. Immediately inland from the extensive coastal beaches, two lagoons that parallel the coastline can be identified southeast of Mazatlan. The general topography along the narrow coastal plains consist of rolling, vegetated hills (darker terrain) and drier, less vegetated valleys (lighter colored landscape). The general climate for this area along the west coast of Mexico is semi-arid. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 323k |
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Mission: | STS090 |
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Roll - Frame: | 740 - 69 |
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Geographical Name: | MEXICO |
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Features: | MAZATLAN, COAST |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 23.5N 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: | 0 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | 37 | 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: | 148 |
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Date: | 19980426 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 224041 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 21.8N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 106.6W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 271 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 137 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 38 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | COAST, PLAIN |
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Water Views: | LAGOON, OCEAN |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | AIRPORT |
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City Views: | |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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