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			Photo #: STS073-759-31 Date: Oct. 1995 Geographic Region: USA-MISSISSIPPI Feature: MISSISSIPPI R., VICKSBURG



	STS073-759-031 Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.A. October 1995 Discernible slightly east of the center of the photograph is historic Vicksburg. The city sits on a bluff several hundred feet above the broad floodplain of the Mississippi River, which has highly reflective sandbars visible in its main channel. A dramatic escarpment separates the darker, elevated, forested terrain from the lighter, flat, cultivated floodplain; however, several dark, wooded areas exist on the floodplain itself. Apparent on the floodplain are many looping, oxbow lakes and meander scars--an indication that the river transports large quantities of sediment and constantly changes its main channel.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 335k
Mission:	STS073
Roll - Frame:	759 - 31
Geographical Name:	USA-MISSISSIPPI
Features:	MISSISSIPPI R., VICKSBURG
Center Lat x Lon:	32.5N x 91W
Film Exposure:	O	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:	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:	132
Date:	19951028	YYYYMMDD
Time:	164746	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	29.9N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	92.4W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	157	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	144	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	44	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	ESCARPMENT, HILL, FLOOD PLAIN, FOREST
Water Views:	RIVER
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	AGRICULTURE
City Views:

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