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Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display RecordISS014-E-10547Low-resolution Browse Image(Most browse images are not color adjusted.)ImagesConditions for Use of Images >>Image Transformation Tutorial >> Saving, Color Adjusting, and Printing Images >> Images to View on Your Computer Now
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Download a Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file for use in Google Earth. Electronic Image DataCamera Files >> No sound file available.IdentificationMission: ISS014 Roll: E Frame: 10547 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS014Country or Geographic Name: SPAIN Features: CENTRAL BARCELONA, HARBOR Center Point Latitude: 41.4 Center Point Longitude: 2.2 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude) Stereo: (Yes indicates there is an adjacent picture of the same area) ONC Map ID: JNC Map ID: CameraCamera Tilt: 24Camera Focal Length: 800mm Camera: E4: Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still Camera Film: 3060E : 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array. QualityFilm Exposure:Percentage of Cloud Cover: 10 (0-10) NadirDate: 20061230 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 130722 (HHMMSS)Nadir Point Latitude: 40.3, Longitude: 1.5 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude) Nadir to Photo Center Direction: Northeast Sun Azimuth: 198 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point) Spacecraft Altitude: 173 nautical miles (320 km) Sun Elevation Angle: 25 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point) Orbit Number: 2414 CaptionsBarcelona, Spain:Barcelona, Spain, occupies a low plateau along the Mediterranean coastal plain. The city is the second largest in Spain (after the capital, Madrid), and it hosts the country’s largest seaport, portions of which are visible in the lower right of the image. This detailed astronaut photograph captures several notable features of the Barcelona urban landscape. (A regional view of the city is available in a previously published astronaut photograph.) The architectural design of the Eixample district (image center) displays a grid pattern distinctive for Barcelona. Built during the 19th and 20th centuries, the district was built with octagonal city blocks—rectangular blocks with the corners cut off. (At the level of detail of this photograph, the blocks appear to be squares.) The original intention was for buildings to occupy only two or three sides of the octagonal blocks, surrounding gardens and open space. While the original street grid pattern remains, today many of the octagonal blocks are completely built up. The adjacent Cuitat Vella, or “old city,” presents a much denser building pattern, which dates from Roman times. Also visible at image lower right is the 173-meter-high Montjuïc mountain—historically, the location of fortresses due to its strategic position overlooking the city’s harbor. Light tan and orange structures visible at the crest of the mountain include the stadium and other buildings used in the 1992 Summer Olympic Games. Download Packaged File. This option downloads the following items, packaged into a single file, if they are available:
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