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Mission: ISS017 Roll: E Frame: 9734 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS017
Country or Geographic Name: ITALY
Features: ISCHIA ISLAND,PROCIDA ISLAND
Center Point Latitude: 40.7 Center Point Longitude: 13.9 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Stereo: (Yes indicates there is an adjacent picture of the same area)
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Camera Tilt: 2
Camera Focal Length: 400mm
Camera: N2: Nikon D2Xs
Film: 4288E : 4288 x 2848 pixel CMOS sensor, RGBG imager color filter.

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Percentage of Cloud Cover: 10 (0-10)

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Date: 20080620 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 080043 (HHMMSS)
Nadir Point Latitude: 40.7, Longitude: 13.8 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: East
Sun Azimuth: 99 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point)
Spacecraft Altitude: 186 nautical miles (344 km)
Sun Elevation Angle: 48 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point)
Orbit Number: 2902

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Island of Ischia, Italy

The island of Ischia is located approximately 30 km to the southwest of Naples, in the western Bay of Naples (part of the Tyrrenhian Sea). While the island’s rocks are volcanic in origin, much of the island’s geology and current appearance is characterized by uplifted – horst - and downdropped – graben - fault structures. For example, the highest point on the island of Ischia is Monte Epomeo (789 meters). The mountain is not a volcanic cone, but rather is composed of erupted materials uplifted by faulting.

The green slopes of Monte Epomeo are enclosed by urban development (light grey speckled areas) that rings the island. The last volcanic activity on Ischia took place in 1302. The neighboring island of Procida (image top right) was formed from the same magma sources as Ischia, and likely shared the same volcanic “plumbing system”. Today, the island of Ischia is a popular tourist destination due to its hot springs, hot mud baths, and the hiking opportunities afforded by Monte Epomeo. Several boat wakes are visible around both islands in this astronaut photograph


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