PIA01817: Space Radar Image of St. Louis, Missouri

Target Name: Earth Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Spacecraft: Space Shuttle Product Size: 3425 samples x 2778 lines Produced By: JPL Producer ID: P46524 Addition Date: 1999-04-15 Primary Data Set: SIRC_PAGE Full-Res TIFF: PIA01817.tif (34.15 MB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA01817.jpg (3.708 MB)

Original Caption Released with Image: This is a spaceborne radar image of the area surrounding St. Louis, Missouri, where the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers come together. The city of St. Louis is the bright gold area within a bend in the Mississippi River at the lower center of the image. The rivers show up as dark blue sinuous lines. Urbanized areas appear bright gold and forested areas are shown as a brownish color. Several bridges can be seen spanning the river near downtown St. Louis. The Missouri River flows east, from left to right, across the center of the image, and meets the Mississippi River, which flows from top to bottom of the image. A small stretch of the Illinois River is shown at the top of the image where it merges with the Mississippi. The Mississippi forms the state boundary between Illinois (to the right) and Missouri (to the left). Flat farmland areas within the river floodplains appear blue on the image. The major roadways that pass through the area can be seen radiating out from, and encircling, the city of St. Louis. These highways, the rivers and the bridges help maintain St. Louis' reputation as the "Gateway to the West. Image Credit: NASA/JPL