Photo #: ISS062-E-39375 Date: Feb. 2020 Geographic Region: SOMALIA Feature: MOGADISHU |
Mogadishu, Somalia As the International Space Station (ISS) was passing over the Horn of Africa, an astronaut shot this photograph of Somalia's capital city, Mogadishu. This historic port on the coast of the Indian Ocean is home to more than 2 million people. Just inland from the coast, sand dunes flank the urban area. Prevailing winds from the east-northeast shape the dunes into ridges perpendicular to the wind direction. Geologists call these "transverse dunes." The red and orange colors in the dune fields are due to natural chemical and weathering processes (//www.dst.uniroma1.it/geologicaromana/Volumi/VOL%2031/GR_31_249_263_Angelucci%20et%20al.pdf) that left behind traces of iron in the sandy minerals. These dunes stand in contrast to the lightly-colored, calcium carbonate-rich sands near the shore. Further inland, rectangular agricultural fields are visible near the town of Afgoye. A small segment of the vital Shebelle River is visible running through the farmland and town. The Shebelle starts in Ethiopia's highlands and trends south towards the Jubba River (far outside this photo to the right). |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 442k |
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Mission: | ISS062 |
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Roll - Frame: | E - 39375 |
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Geographical Name: | SOMALIA |
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Features: | MOGADISHU |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 2.1N x 45.3E |
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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: | 51 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 400 |
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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: | 20200219 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 131310 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 6.3N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 43.3E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 253 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 227 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 30 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | COAST, DUNE |
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Water Views: | OCEAN, RIVER |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | PORT, URBAN AREA |
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City Views: | MOGADISHU |
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