Photo #: ISS042-E-33842 Date: Dec. 2014 Geographic Region: EGYPT Feature: CAIRO, NEW CAIRO, DELTA TOWNS AT NIGHT |
Cairo at night Taken by astronauts from windows in the International Space Station, this image shows the complex pattern of city lights in the metropolitan region of Cairo-the largest city in the Middle East and Africa's second largest city after Lagos (Nigeria). The brightly lit areas show greater Cairo with a population of about 20.5 million, fully a fifth of Egypt's population. Lights of the newer extensions of the city such as New Cairo, Sixth of October City, El Abor, and El Shorok, show a distinctly yellower color, probably related to sodium-vapor streetlight lamps. New Cairo is being constructed as the new capital city of Egypt. Less prominent are the lights of numerous towns and villages on the Nile Delta (upper half of the image) and on the narrow floodplain of the River Nile (image lower left). The River Nile can be detected in places as a black line wending its way through Cairo itself. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 94k |
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Mission: | ISS042 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 33842 |
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Geographical Name: | EGYPT |
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Features: | CAIRO, NEW CAIRO, DELTA TOWNS AT NIGHT |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 30.1N x 31.4E |
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Film Exposure: | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
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Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 10 |
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Camera:: | N6 |
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Camera Tilt: | 29 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 116 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | S | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
Stereo?: | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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Orbit Number: | |
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Date: | 20141210 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 225336 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 32.0N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 30.7E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 62 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 217 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | -73 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | |
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Water Views: | DELTA, RIVER |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | |
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City Views: | CAIRO |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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