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Description

Image of the top layers of the earth's atmosphere leading to space
Source

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Date

July 20 2006
Author

NASA's Earth Observatory
Permission
(Reusing this image)

"Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center."

This image or video was catalogued by one of the centers of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: ISS013-E-54329.
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link title==Image information== Identification

Mission: ISS013 Roll: E Frame: 54329 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS013

Country or Geographic Name:

Features: EARTH LIMB, MOON, CLOUD TOPS

Center Point Latitude: Center Point Longitude: (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:

'MORALES'

Camera Tilt: Low Oblique

Camera Focal Length: 400mm

Camera: E4: Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still Camera

Film: 3060E : 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array.

Quality

Film Exposure:

Percentage of Cloud Cover: 100 (76-100)

Nadir

Date: 20060720 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 082858 (HHMMSS)

Nadir Point Latitude: 21.5, Longitude: 113.3 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)

Nadir to Photo Center Direction:

Sun Azimuth: 281 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point)

Spacecraft Altitude: 181 nautical miles (335 km)

Sun Elevation Angle: 35 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point)

Orbit Number: 3839

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current08:09, 27 February 20073,027×2,010 (543 KB)SirGrant ({{Information |Description= Image of the top layers of the earth's atmosphere leading to space |Source= [http://eobadmin.gsfc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17542] direct link:[http://eobadmin.gsfc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/ISS01)