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Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display RecordISS006-E-23743Low-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: ISS006 Roll: E Frame: 23743 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS006Country or Geographic Name: PANAMA Features: PANAMA CANAL, PANAMA CITY Center Point Latitude: 9.0 Center Point Longitude: -79.5 (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: 32Camera Focal Length: 85mm Camera: E4: Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still Camera Film: 3060E : 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array. QualityFilm Exposure:Percentage of Cloud Cover: 25 (11-25) NadirDate: 20030130 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 203938 (HHMMSS)Nadir Point Latitude: 10.3, Longitude: -81.3 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude) Nadir to Photo Center Direction: Southeast Sun Azimuth: 238 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point) Spacecraft Altitude: 209 nautical miles (387 km) Sun Elevation Angle: 37 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point) Orbit Number: 3958 CaptionsThe Panama Canal is a 50-mile long engineering wonder connecting the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Completed by the United States in 1914, it runs southeastward from Colon, through the man-made Gatun Lake, to Panama City on the Pacific side of the Isthmus of Panama. The canal, a major artery of international shipping, uses a series of massive locks, manmade lakes, and water supplied by the copious tropical rainfall of the region to lift and lower transiting ships a height of 85 feet over the continental divide.Thick rainforests border the canal, and the protected Canal Zone is easily delineated by the dark green band of forest, which contrast the lighter green cultivated areas of Panama. The ecologically sensitive Canal Zone supports diverse lowland rainforest that is crucial for water balance and erosion/siltation control around the canal. Scientists monitor the edges of the Canal Zone rainforest for degradation from development. The crew of the International Space Station acquired this image on the afternoon of January 30, 2003, using an electronic still camera with 85 mm lens. Fair-weather cumulus clouds from the Caribbean can be seen pouring southward through the natural gap in this mountain chain of Central America. Download Packaged File. This option downloads the following items, packaged into a single file, if they are available:
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