Photo #: STS094-721-52 Date: Jul. 1997Geographic Region: PUERTO RICO
Feature: SAN JUAN
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Photo #: STS094-721-52 Date: Jul. 1997 Geographic Region: PUERTO RICO Feature: SAN JUAN |
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| STS094-721-052 San Juan, Puerto Rico July 1997 The capital and largest city in Puerto Rico, San Juan, can be seen in this north-northeast-looking view. The city is located on the northern coast of the island on the Atlantic Ocean. San Juan, the chief commercial, industrial, shipping, and governmental center of Puerto Rico, is a very popular year around vacation resort. Manufactured products include rum and other beverages, pharmaceuticals, sugar, electronic equipment, chemicals, clothing, cement, publishing, and jewelry. San Juan's old colonial section is situated on two rocky inlets near the mouth of its harbor, and is linked by bridges with the mainland. The harbor facilities at San Juan are some of the best in the West Indies. |
| Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 350k |
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| Mission: | STS094 |
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| Roll - Frame: | 721 - 52 |
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| Geographical Name: | PUERTO RICO |
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| Features: | SAN JUAN |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 18.5N x 66W |
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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: | 20 |
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| Camera:: | HB |
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| Camera Tilt: | 18 | 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: | 96 |
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| Date: | 19970707 | YYYYMMDD |
| Time: | 172324 | GMT HHMMSS |
| Nadir Lat: | 17.7N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Nadir Lon: | 66.3W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
| Sun Azimuth: | 294 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
| Space Craft Altitude: | 161 | nautical miles |
| Sun Elevation: | 77 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
| Land Views: | COAST, HILL |
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| Water Views: | |
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| Atmosphere Views: | |
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| Man Made Views: | URBAN AREA |
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| City Views: | SAN JUAN |
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