Photo #: ISS056-E-6994 Date: Jun. 2018 Geographic Region: INDONESIA-J Feature: PAN- JAVA, BALI AT NIGHT, BALI SEA, SEMARANG CITY, SURAKARTA CITY, ISLAND, JAVA SEA |
Lights of Java This oblique nighttime image, taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, reveals Indonesia's main island chain. With coasts illuminated by city lights, the islands stand out against the darkness of the Indian Ocean. The island of Java is the geographic and economic center of Indonesia. With a population of more than 141 million people, it is the world's most populous island. Java is part of the Greater Sunda Islands, a chain of active volcanoes that form an island arc. The volcanoes constrain the growth of populated areas and can be distinguished at night as a line of dark circles surrounded by city lights. These densely populated islands are at risk of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis due to tectonic activity from the Sunda Subduction Zone that formed the islands. The brightest urban area is Java's port city of Surabaya, Indonesia's second largest city and the capital of the province of East Java. The Port of Tanjung Perak, located at Surabaya, is Indonesia's second busiest sea port. Ships arriving and departing transport over 33 million tons of cargo and 9 million people annually. Individual and clustered lights seen around Java are ships and fishing boats. The fishing boats emit bright lights of different colors to attract fish, squid, and plankton. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 243k |
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Mission: | ISS056 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 6994 |
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Geographical Name: | INDONESIA-J |
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Features: | PAN- JAVA, BALI AT NIGHT, BALI SEA, SEMARANG CITY, SURAKARTA CITY, ISLAND, JAVA SEA |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 8.5S x 112.5E |
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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:: | N8 |
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Camera Tilt: | HO | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 28 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | SE | 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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Date: | 20180609 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 152909 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 2.8S |
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Nadir Lon: | 108.2E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 319 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 218 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | -62 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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