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Image Caption: GEOGRAPHY/CARTOGRAPHY: UNITED STATES, ARIZONA, PHOENIX METROPOLITAN AREA.
GEOLOGY/HYDROLOGY: BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE.
AGRICULTURE: HEAVY CONCENTRATION OF FIELD PATTERNS.
METEOROLOGY: STRATO-CUMULUS, ALTO-STRATUS, SNOW COVER IN MOUNTAIN AND HIGH PLATEAU AREAS, CIRRUS.
OCEANOGRAPHY:

Near vertical view of the Phoenix, Arizona area as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its earth-orbital mission. Farmland patterns checkerboard the area along the Gila River. Phoenix is located right of center near the clouds.