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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: ISS050-E-51946 Date: Feb. 2017
Geographic Region: AUSTRIA
Feature: LAKE NEUSIEDL, ICE, WETLANDS

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  Lake Neusiedl and Lake Ferto

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of the south end of Lake Neusiedl, which spans the border between Austria and Hungary. (It is known as Lake Ferto in Hungary.) The pattern of open-water cracks amidst the ice hint at the beginning of a spring warm-up in the middle of this 30 kilometer- (20-mile) long lake.

In summer, the lake is a popular vacation locale, situated about 45 kilometers southeast of Vienna, Austria. Lake Neusiedl is also known as the "Sea of the Viennese." Extensive boating facilities line the shore, based primarily near the villages of Rust and Moerbisch.

At just 2 meters maximum depth, the lake is one of the shallowest in Central Europe. One well-known event for vacationers is the "annual freestyle mass crossing" of the lake from the village of Moerbisch to the village of Illmitz.

The wide, reed-covered wetland that fringes the lake is crossed by drainage canals and agricultural fields. Historical records indicate that these reed beds have been entirely under water at times because the lake size varies greatly with weather conditions. For example, the lake expanded to double its present size in 1768. More dramatically, the lake has dried up completely on several occasions: 1740-1742, 1811-1813, and 1866-1871. At very low stages, the lake has been described as a swamp because the reeds dominated the middle of the lake. Small depressions like Lake Zicklacke (upper center) dry up and fill on shorter time spans.


 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 430k
Mission: ISS050  
Roll - Frame: E - 51946
Geographical Name: AUSTRIA  
Features: LAKE NEUSIEDL, ICE, WETLANDS  
Center Lat x Lon: 47.8N x 16.7E
Film Exposure:   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 10
 
Camera: N6
 
Camera Tilt: 34   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 1150  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: W   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
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Date: 20170219   YYYYMMDD
Time: 103113   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 48.1N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 19.1E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 172   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 216   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 31   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
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