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			Photo #: STS078-736-74 Date: Jun. 1996 Geographic Region: USA-MISSISSIPPI Feature: CORINTH, WHEELER L., AGR.



	STS078-736-074 Pickwick Lake, Corinth, Mississippi June 1996 The rolling terrain of northeastern Mississippi, with its scattered agricultural fields, can be seen in this west-looking low-oblique view. The small city of Corinth is discernible at the center of the image. Highway 45 traverses north-south through the city, and highway 72 traverses east-west through the city. Corinth is a trade and processing center for lumbering, livestock, and grain industries of the area. During the American Civil War, Corinth was a strategic railroad center. Near the bottom left of the image, Bay Springs Lake is visible. Near the bottom right of the image, the Tennessee River and Pickwick Lake are discernible.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 374k
Mission:	STS078
Roll - Frame:	736 - 74
Geographical Name:	USA-MISSISSIPPI
Features:	CORINTH, WHEELER L., AGR.
Center Lat x Lon:	35.0N x 88.5W
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:	42	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	NW	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:	99
Date:	19960626	YYYYMMDD
Time:	175202	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	33.1N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	87.4W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	180	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	145	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	80	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	FOREST
Water Views:	LAKE, RIVER
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	AGRICULTURE
City Views:

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