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			Photo #: STS068-273-39 Date: Oct. 1994 Geographic Region: USA-OREGON Feature: COAST NEAR CRESCENT CITY



	STS068-273-039 Crescent City and Smith River, California, U.S.A. October 1994 This near-vertical photograph shows the Smith River winding across a small coastal plain before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. Some clear-cutting is visible in the forested Klamath Mountains east of the Pacific Ocean. Along the coast and south of the Smith River mouth is Lake Earl. To the lake's south lie Point Saint George and to the southeast Crescent City. The green forested areas east and south of Crescent City are parts of Redwood National Park. The Chetco River winds its way southwestward to its mouth near Brookings, Oregon.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 331k
Mission:	STS068
Roll - Frame:	273 - 39
Geographical Name:	USA-OREGON
Features:	COAST NEAR CRESCENT CITY
Center Lat x Lon:	42.0N x 124W
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:	30	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	SE	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:	56
Date:	19941003	YYYYMMDD
Time:	210944	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	42.8N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	124.8W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	201	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	117	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	41	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	MOUNTAIN, FOREST, COAST, CAPE
Water Views:	SEDIMENT
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	URBAN AREA
City Views:	BROOKINGS, CRESCENT CITY

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