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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS091-729-54 Date: Jun. 1998
Geographic Region: BRAZIL
Feature: BAY OF PARANAGUA, CITIES


IMAGE
 
STS091-729-054 Bay of Paranagua, Brazil June 1998
The Bay of Paranagua (center) provides an outlet to the Atlantic Ocean. Inland from the mouth of the bay and located just to the left of center of the image, is the city of Paranagua, the chief port of Parana State in Brazil. Paranagua has some of the finest port facilities along the Brazilian coast and is a major export point for Brazilian coffee and Paraguay tea. Small coastal resort cities outline the coast south (left) of the mouth of the Bay of Paranagua.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 281k
Mission: STS091  
Roll - Frame: 729 - 54
Geographical Name: BRAZIL  
Features: BAY OF PARANAGUA, CITIES  
Center Lat x Lon: 25.5S x 48.5W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 25   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
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: 74  
 
Date: 19980607   YYYYMMDD
Time: 145933   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 26.9S  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 49.2W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 5   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 205   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 40   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: HILL, FOREST, COAST  
Water Views: BAY, SEDIMENT  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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