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Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display RecordISS008-E-9603Low-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: ISS008 Roll: E Frame: 9603 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS008Country or Geographic Name: RUSSIAN FEDERATION Features: ARGUDAN, AGRICULTURE, FOREST, SNOW Center Point Latitude: 43.5 Center Point Longitude: 44.0 (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: CameraCamera Tilt: 9Camera Focal Length: 800mm Camera: N1: Nikon D1 Film: 2000E : 2000 x 1312 pixel CCD, RGBG imager color filter. QualityFilm Exposure:Percentage of Cloud Cover: 10 (0-10) NadirDate: 20031220 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 103600 (HHMMSS)Nadir Point Latitude: 43.3, Longitude: 44.5 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude) Nadir to Photo Center Direction: West Sun Azimuth: 204 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point) Spacecraft Altitude: 199 nautical miles (369 km) Sun Elevation Angle: 20 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point) Orbit Number: 1012 CaptionsArgudan, Caucasus Mts., Russian Federation:The striking land use pattern, seen through a high magnification lens and highlighted by winter snow and low Sun angles, produces a unique view of the village of Argudan near the north slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. The image was taken with a handheld camera from the International Space Station in the early afternoon of December 20, 2003. This rural, agricultural community sits astride the main highway about 15 km east-southeast of the city of Nalchik. Shadows from a line of trees planted as a windbreak near the highway give the road a ragged appearance. A small stream flowing northeastward exits heavily forested foothills through the village and fields of intensely cultivated croplands on the plains. Snow falls through the vegetation, making the woodlands appear extremely dark compared to the snow-covered fields. Astronauts also photographed nearby Nalchik, a tourist resort and industrial center. It is the major city of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic (population ~ 750,000), one of five small republics on the north slopes of the Caucasus Mountains, 200 km west of Chechnya. Download Packaged File. This option downloads the following items, packaged into a single file, if they are available:
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