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			Photo #: STS040-152-127 Date: Jun. 1991 Geographic Region: USA-WEST VIRGINIA Feature: MARTINSBURG WV. AREA



	STS040-152-127 Potomac River, Appalachian Mountains, West Virginia/Maryland, U.S.A. June 1991 The Potomac River flows southeastward (left center to lower right) across this north-looking low-oblique view. South of the Potomac near the center of the image, is the northern extension of the Shenandoah River Valley of Virginia and West Virginia. North of the Potomac River is the southwestern extension of the Cumberland Valley of Maryland and Pennsylvania. To the west (left) of the Shenandoah and Cumberland Valleys are the gently rolling, folded Appalachian Mountains, covered by the most varied deciduous forest in North America. To the east of the Shenandoah and Cumberland Valleys are the linear Blue Ridge Mountains. The valleys between the folded mountains are fertile agricultural regions.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 343k
Mission:	STS040
Roll - Frame:	152 - 127
Geographical Name:	USA-WEST VIRGINIA
Features:	MARTINSBURG WV. AREA
Center Lat x Lon:	39.5N x 77.5W
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:	13	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	90
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	NE	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:	128
Date:	19910613	YYYYMMDD
Time:	122321	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	39.1N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	77.9W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	81	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	150	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	27	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	MOUNTAIN, FOREST
Water Views:	RIVER
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	AGRICULTURE
City Views:

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