Photo #: ISS008-E-9610 Date: Dec. 2003Geographic Region: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Feature: NALCHIK, FOREST, AIRPORT, AGRICULTURE
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Photo #: ISS008-E-9610 Date: Dec. 2003 Geographic Region: RUSSIAN FEDERATION Feature: NALCHIK, FOREST, AIRPORT, AGRICULTURE |
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| Nalchik, Caucasus Mts., Russian Federation: This winter-time view of the city of Nalchik on the north slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, was taken with a handheld camera from the International Space Station in early 2004. Rectangles are the city blocks of Nalchik (population ~240,000), a city which lies where the major Terek River exits from the mountains. The river appears as a meandering line crossing the view, slightly diagonally from right to left. Dark forests (top right and lower right) make the mountain sides appear snow free. A dark line, probably a major canal, crosses the view to the lower left corner. Nalchik is a tourist resort and industrial center. It is the major city of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic (population ~ 750,000), one of five small republics on the north slopes of the Caucasus Mountains, 200 km west of Chechnya. |
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| Mission: | ISS008 |
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| Roll - Frame: | E - 9610 |
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| Geographical Name: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
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| Features: | NALCHIK, FOREST, AIRPORT, AGRICULTURE |
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| Center Lat x Lon: | 43.5N x 43.5E |
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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:: | N1 |
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| Camera Tilt: | 36 | LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical |
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| Camera Focal Length: | 800 |
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| Nadir to Photo Center Direction: | W | The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West |
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| Stereo?: | Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't |
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| Orbit Number: | 1012 |
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| Date: | 20031220 | YYYYMMDD |
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| Time: | 103617 | GMT HHMMSS |
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| Nadir Lat: | 42.7N |
Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft | |||
| Nadir Lon: | 45.8E |
Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft | |||
| Sun Azimuth: | 205 | Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point |
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| Space Craft Altitude: | 199 | nautical miles |
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| Sun Elevation: | 20 | Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point |
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| Land Views: | MOUNTAIN |
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| Water Views: | CANAL, RIVER |
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