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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS51C-143-26 Date: Jan. 1985
Geographic Region: USA-FLORIDA
Feature: TALLAHASSEE


IMAGE
 
STS51C-143-0026 Apalachicola Basin, West Florida January 1985
The most obvious landform in this low-oblique, northeast-looking photograph is the Apalachicola River drainage basin that has formed a peninsular protrusion into the Gulf of Mexico. From its major sediment plume, the Apalachicola River and its gray floodplain can be traced north to Lake Seminole. This area--from the eastern end of Choctawhatchee Bay (western edge of photograph) to the St. Johns River and Jacksonville, Florida (eastern edge of photograph)--comprises the coastal plains of the southeastern United States. Among the features in the area are several barrier islands, including elongated St. George Island (visible immediately south of the mouth of the Apalachicola River) and Dog Island (farther to the east); the Apalachicola National Forest (heavily forested area east of the river); other forested areas indicated by darker green; and pasturelands and cultivated fields (lighter tans and yellows). Although no details are discernible for Tallahassee, the state capital, its approximate site can be determined by the location of the four dark lakes in the center of the photograph. The smoke plumes near the eastern edge of the photograph provide a clue to the clarity of this photograph--strong northerly surface winds reduce the humid air mass that sometimes affects this area.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 113k
Mission: STS51C  
Roll - Frame: 143 - 26
Geographical Name: USA-FLORIDA  
Features: TALLAHASSEE  
Center Lat x Lon: 30.5N x 84.5W
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera:: LH
 
Camera Tilt: LO   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:   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:  
 
Date: 198501__   YYYYMMDD
Time:   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:   nautical miles
Sun Elevation:   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: COAST, PLAIN  
Water Views: RIVER, BAY, SWAMP  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: URBAN AREA, AGRICULTURE, AIRPORT  
City Views:  

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