Image:Top of Atmosphere.jpg

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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: Centre 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 Centre 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

Source