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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: ISS026-E-12474 Date: Dec. 2010
Geographic Region: CANADA-Q
Feature: MONTREAL AT NIGHT

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  Montreal at Night

Note: This caption refers to the image versions labeled "NASA's Earth Observatory web site". As this image was taken by an astronaut in an upside-down orientation relative to the look direction of the camera, the Earth Observatory images have been rotated 180 degrees in order to visually agree with the known ISS ground track location at the time of image acquisition.

Montreal, the largest city in the mostly French-speaking Province of Quebec, is considered by some to be the cultural capital of Canada. The metropolitan area (image center) is the country's second-largest, having been surpassed by Toronto in 1976. While the city of Montreal is located on the Island of Montreal, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence (image center) and Ottawa rivers (not visible), the city takes its name from Mont Royal, located at the city's center. Several smaller urban areas form a loose ring around the metropolitan area: Sorel-Tracy, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Saint-Jerome, and Joliette are among those that can be readily identified.

This astronaut photograph of the city lights of Montreal illustrates the extent of urbanization. Major roadways and industrial areas are traced by bright white lighting, while the adjacent residential and commercial lands are characterized by more diffuse yellow-gold lighting. Rivers and other water bodies appear black, while the surrounding countryside is faintly illuminated by moonlight. Blurry areas at image top and bottom right are caused by cloud cover.

The International Space Station was located over the Pennsylvania-New York border (near Warren, Pa.) at the time this image was taken--a ground distance of approximately 600 kilometers (370 miles) southwest of Montreal. This distance from the camera target, coupled with the oblique (inclined) viewing angle from the ISS, results in the foreshortened appearance of urban areas in the image.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 276k
Mission: ISS026  
Roll - Frame: E - 12474
Geographical Name: CANADA-Q  
Features: MONTREAL AT NIGHT  
Center Lat x Lon: 45.5N x 73.8W
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 10
 
Camera: N5
 
Camera Tilt: HO   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 180  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NE   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number: 1337  
 
Date: 20101224   YYYYMMDD
Time: 063614   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 41.9N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 79.1W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 49   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 187   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: -65   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
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City Views: MONTREAL  
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