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  Image: Geographic Location Direction Photo #: STS059-225-71 Date: Apr. 1994
Geographic Region: USA-VIRGINIA
Feature: VIRGINIA, CITIES, RIVERS

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  STS059-225-071 Potomac River; The Piedmont, Virginia/Maryland, U.S.A. April 1994
The rolling landscape of the Piedmont Region of Virginia and Maryland can be seen in this southeast-looking low-oblique view. In the upper right portion of the image, the Metropolitan Washington, D.C., area and the tidal estuary of the Potomac River are visible. At the bottom left of the image, a small portion of the Shenandoah River Valley is discernible. The Blue Ridge Mountains cross the bottom portion of the image. The Potomac River, separating Virginia to the right (south), and Maryland to the left (north), is visible traversing the scene near the bottom center of the image. The river cuts gaps into the Blue Ridge Mountains, as it flows generally southeastward into Washington, D.C. The runways of the Dulles International Airport can be seen to the right of the center of the image.
 
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Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 382k
Mission: STS059  
Roll - Frame: 225 - 71
Geographical Name: USA-VIRGINIA  
Features: VIRGINIA, CITIES, RIVERS  
Center Lat x Lon: 39.0N 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: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 51   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: E   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: 150  
 
Date: 19940418   YYYYMMDD
Time: 155856   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 40.0N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 79.6W  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 143   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 113   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 56   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: MOUNTAIN, PLAIN, FOREST  
Water Views: RIVER  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views: URBAN AREA, AIRPORT, AGRICULTURE  
City Views:  
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