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	File Name	File Size (bytes)	Width	Height	Annotated	Cropped	Purpose	Comments
View	ISS003-E-5120_2.JPG	23077	400	265	No	No	Photographic Highlights
View	ISS003-E-5120.JPG	38847	530	358	Yes	Yes	NASA's Earth Observatory web site
View	ISS003-E-5120.JPG	75898	640	437	No	No
View	ISS003-E-5120.JPG	270391	540	359			Photographic Highlights	(540px resized images)
View	ISS003-E-5120.JPG	1831151	3060	2092	No	No	NASA's Earth Observatory web site

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Request	ISS003-E-5120.JPG	389406	1024	681			Photographic Highlights	actual files used
Request	ISS003-E-5120.JPG	1831151	3060	2092	No	No	Earth From Space collection
Request	ISS003-E-5120.JPG	1831151	3060	2092	No	No
Request	ISS003-E-5120.TIF	18695900	3060	2036	No	No

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Identification

Mission: ISS003 Roll: E Frame: 5120 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS003
Country or Geographic Name: EGYPT
Features: GIZA, PYRAMIDS
Center Point Latitude: 30.0 Center Point Longitude: 31.0 (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:
Camera Focal Length: 800mm
Camera: E2: Kodak DCS460 Electronic Still Camera
Film: 3060E : 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array.

Quality

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

Nadir

Date: 20010815 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 12____ (HHMMSS)
Nadir Point Latitude: , Longitude: (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:
Sun Azimuth: 248 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point)
Spacecraft Altitude: 205 nautical miles (380 km)
Sun Elevation Angle: 57 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point)
Orbit Number: 3636

Captions

Space Station view of the Pyramids at Giza

One of the world’s most famous archaeological sites has been photographed in amazing detail by the astronauts onboard Space Station Alpha. This image, taken 15 August, 2001, represents the greatest detail of the Giza plateau captured from a human-occupied spacecraft (approximate 7 m resolution). Afternoon sun casts shadows that help the eye make out the large pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure. Sets of three smaller queens’ pyramids can be seen to the east of the Pyramid of Khufu and south of the Pyramid of Menkaure. The light-colored causeway stretching from the Mortuary Temple at the Pyramid of Khafre to the Valley Temple near the Sphinx (arrow) can also be seen. Because it is not tall enough to cast a deep shadow, the Sphinx itself cannot readily be distinguished.

Although some commercial satellites, such as IKONOS, have imaged the Pyramids at Giza in greater detail (1 m resolution), this image highlights the potential of the International Space Station as a remote sensing platform. A commercial digital camera without space modifications was used to obtain this picture. Similarly, a variety of remote sensing instruments developed for use on aircraft can potentially be used from the Space Station.

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