Home >>	Advanced Search >>

Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display Record

ISS007-E-10960

Low-resolution Browse Image

(Most browse images are not color adjusted.)

Images

Conditions for Use of Images >>
Image Transformation Tutorial >> Saving, Color Adjusting, and Printing Images >>

Images to View on Your Computer Now

	File Name	File Size (bytes)	Width	Height	Annotated	Cropped	Purpose	Comments
View	ISS007-E-10960.JPG	52049	639	435	No	No
View	ISS007-E-10960.JPG	102001	540	405	Yes		Earth From Space collection
View	ISS007-E-10960.JPG	656208	1000	685	No	Yes	NASA's Earth Observatory web site	Color adjusted

Large Images to Request for Downloading

	File Name	File Size (bytes)	Width	Height	Annotated	Cropped	Purpose	Comments
Request	ISS007-E-10960.JPG	923450	3032	2064	No	No
Request	ISS007-E-10960.JPG	6430814	3032	2000	No	No	NASA's Earth Observatory web site	Color adjusted

Download a Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file for use in Google Earth.

Electronic Image Data

Camera Files >> No sound file available.

Identification

Mission: ISS007 Roll: E Frame: 10960 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS007
Country or Geographic Name: EGYPT
Features: ALEXANDRIA, PORT FACILITY
Center Point Latitude: 31.2 Center Point Longitude: 29.9 (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:

Camera

Camera Tilt: 11
Camera Focal Length: 800mm
Camera: E4: Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still Camera
Film: 3060E : 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array.

Quality

Film Exposure:
Percentage of Cloud Cover: 10 (0-10)

Nadir

Date: 20030727 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 152542 (HHMMSS)
Nadir Point Latitude: 31.8, Longitude: 29.6 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: South
Sun Azimuth: 281 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point)
Spacecraft Altitude: 203 nautical miles (376 km)
Sun Elevation Angle: 19 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point)
Orbit Number: 2732

Captions

Alexandria, Egypt:
Founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, Alexandria became a center of trade and learning in the ancient world. Alexander built the causeway between the Eastern and Western Harbors, joining Pharos Island (arrow) to the mainland. Alexandria’s cultural status was symbolized by the lighthouse on Pharos, one of the “Seven Wonders of the World.” The causeway is still known as the old part of the modern city. Since the year 2000, underwater archeologists have located the sunken palace, ceremonial buildings and port facilities of ancient Alexandria, located along most of the curved southern shoreline of the Eastern Harbor.

The Eastern Harbor was the main port in the Middle Ages. This detailed image taken by Space Station crew members using an 800-mm lens provides a view of the modern port facilities in the Western Harbor, where wharves and many moored ships can be detected. The lower box indicates the part of the city where the famous Library of Alexandria was located, and also where Alexander the Great may be buried. The upper box indicates the entertainment quarter where literary figures from the Middle East and Europe have worked. A wider view of the city was taken from the International Space Station in December 2000.

Download Packaged File.
This option downloads the following items, packaged into a single file, if they are available:

Browse image
Cataloged information with captions
Camera file
Sound file

Search the Astronaut Photography Database

Server: 2

This service is provided by the International Space Station program.