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LOCATION Direction Photo #: STS081-717-73 Date: Jan. 1997
Geographic Region: ITALY
Feature: L. BOLSENA, L. BRACCIANO


IMAGE
 
STS081-717-073 Lake Bolsena, Lake Bracciano, Italy January 1997
The three, generally oval-shaped, dark features are lakes that have formed in collapsed craters (calderas) of volcanoes. From northwest to southeast these lakes are Lake Bolsena, Lake diVico (small lake), and Lake Bracciano. The lakes are located northwest of Rome, along the east coast of central Italy. Sizeable lava flows are visible radiating outward from each of the water-filled calderas. The two large lakes drain southwest into the Tyrrhenian Sea. A narrow valley, aligned northwest to southeast provides routing access for a railroad, a highway, and the Tiber River along the eastern base of the volcanic structures. The dark feature (narrow swath) near the top of the image appears to be some type of dense vegetation, perhaps forested land, that follows the higher elevations on the east side of the Tiber River Valley.


Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 373k
Mission: STS081  
Roll - Frame: 717 - 73
Geographical Name: ITALY  
Features: L. BOLSENA, L. BRACCIANO  
Center Lat x Lon: 43.0N x 12.0E
Film Exposure: N   N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 0
 
Camera:: HB
 
Camera Tilt: 32   LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length: 250  
 
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: NW   The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?: N   Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number: 33  
 
Date: 19970114   YYYYMMDD
Time: 094842   GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 41.7N  
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 13.6E  
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 158   Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 195   nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 24   Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: VOLCANO, CALDERA  
Water Views: LAKE  
Atmosphere Views:  
Man Made Views:  
City Views:  

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