AS09-23-3566

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Image Caption: GEOGRAPHY/CARTOGRAPHY: ALABAMA, BIRMINGHAM.
GEOLOGY/HYDROLOGY: FOLDED APPALACHIA.
AGRICULTURE: SCATTERED INTENSE CULTIVATION.
FORESTRY: MIXED FOREST STANDS.
METEOROLOGY: SMALL SCATTERED CUMULUS.
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Near vertical view of the Birmingham, Alabama area extending to Gadeden, as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its earth-orbital mission. The city spreads out between ridges of the folded southern Appalachien Mountains. The major stream in the picture is the Coosa River.