Photo #: STS085-752-27 Date: Aug. 1997 Geographic Region: USA-MASSACHUSETTS Feature: BOSTON |
STS085-752-027 Boston Area, Massachusetts August 1997 The Metropolitan Boston area can be seen in this west-looking low-oblique view. The largest city in New England and the state capitol of Massachusetts, Boston is a major financial, medical, commercial, industrial, and cultural center in the northeastern United States. Tourism is also a major industry in the region. Boston has one of the leading ports on the United States east coast and is an important fish and wool market. The city is situated on Massachusetts Bay at the mouths of the Charles and Mystic Rivers. |
Images: | All Available Images Low-Resolution 370k |
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Mission: | STS085 |
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Roll - Frame: | 752 - 27 |
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Geographical Name: | USA-MASSACHUSETTS |
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Features: | BOSTON |
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Center Lat x Lon: | 42.5N x 71W |
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Film Exposure: | N | N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus |
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: | 10 |
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Camera:: | HB |
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Camera Tilt: | 11 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
Camera Focal Length: | 100 |
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Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | N | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
Stereo?: | Y | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
Orbit Number: | 147 |
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Date: | 19970816 | YYYYMMDD |
Time: | 185704 | GMT HHMMSS |
Nadir Lat: | 42.0N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Nadir Lon: | 71W |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft |
Sun Azimuth: | 234 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
Space Craft Altitude: | 156 | nautical miles |
Sun Elevation: | 50 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
Land Views: | HILL, COAST |
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Water Views: | BAY, RIVER |
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Atmosphere Views: | |
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Man Made Views: | URBAN AREA |
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City Views: | BOSTON |
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Photo is not associated with any sequences |
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