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			Photo #: STS090-732-68 Date: Apr. 1998 Geographic Region: USA-TEXAS Feature: EL PASO



	STS090-732-068 El Paso, Texas April, 1998 The cities of Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas can be seen in this near-vertical looking view. El Paso is located in far west Texas on the Rio Grande, which separates the United States to the east and Mexico to the west. The city is situated in the Chihuahuan Desert, one of the largest desert areas in the world. Fort Bliss Army Base, defense-related businesses, educational institutions, retail and wholesale trades, and agriculture account for the city's economic base. Near the center of the image, the runway of El Paso International Airport is discernible. Northwest or right of the airport are the north-south trending Franklin Mountains.

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 309k
Mission:	STS090
Roll - Frame:	732 - 68
Geographical Name:	USA-TEXAS
Features:	EL PASO
Center Lat x Lon:	32.0N x 106.5W
Film Exposure:	N	N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	5
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	31	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	W	The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:	Y	Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:	210
Date:	19980430	YYYYMMDD
Time:	191434	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	31.9N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	105.2W	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	194	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	131	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	73	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views:	VALLEY, HILL
Water Views:	RIVER
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views:	URBAN AREA, AGRICULTURE, AIRPORT
City Views:	EL PASO

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