Photo #: ISS062-E-112756 Date: Mar. 2020 Geographic Region: TURKEY Feature: ANKARA, ANKARA AT NIGHT, CITY LIGHTS |
Ankara at Night Ankara, the capital of Turkey, stands out in bright shades of white and yellow in this nighttime photograph taken by an astronaut from the International Space Station. If Ankara is the geographic and political heart of Turkey, the railroad and highway systems certainly act as the arteries. These well-lit transportation networks encircle and radiate outward from the city center. The two most distinct nighttime colors in Ankara are the pockets of white light and the more widespread yellow-orange hues. The colors come from different light bulb technologies, and broadly outline a separation between industrial and residential areas. The industrial city of Sincan, for example, emits powerful white light, while yellow streetlights add a warm glow to neighborhoods that show up with signature red rooftops during the day. The unique shape of the Atatürk Mausoleum and its surrounding parkland - final resting place for the first president of the Republic of Turkey - stands out amid the nighttime lights in the center of Ankara. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 206k |
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Mission: | ISS062 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 112756 |
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Geographical Name: | TURKEY |
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Features: | ANKARA, ANKARA AT NIGHT, CITY LIGHTS |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 40.0N x 32.8E |
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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: | 25 |
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Camera:: | N8 |
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Camera Tilt: | 19 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 190 |
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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=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: | 20200325 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 212555 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 40.0N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 34.1E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 351 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 223 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | -48 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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Water Views: | |
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Atmosphere Views: | NIGHT |
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Man Made Views: | HIGHWAY |
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City Views: | ANKARA |
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