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STS059-231-70

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Identification

Mission: STS059 Roll: 231 Frame: 70 Mission ID on the Film or image: STS59
Country or Geographic Name: SRI LANKA
Features: ADAM'S BRIDGE
Center Point Latitude: 9.0 Center Point Longitude: 79.5 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Stereo: Yes (Yes indicates there is an adjacent picture of the same area)
ONC Map ID: K-08 JNC Map ID: 53

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Camera Tilt: 16
Camera Focal Length: 100mm
Camera: HB: Hasselblad
Film: 5048 : Kodak, natural color positive, Lumiere 100x/5048, ASA 100x, standard base.

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Film Exposure: Normal
Percentage of Cloud Cover: 10 (0-10)

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Date: 19940418 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 071626 (HHMMSS)
Nadir Point Latitude: 9.5, Longitude: 79.7 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: South
Sun Azimuth: 280 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point)
Spacecraft Altitude: 114 nautical miles (211 km)
Sun Elevation Angle: 81 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point)
Orbit Number: 144

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