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Photo #: STS073-760-32 Date: Oct. 1995
Geographic Region: COLOMBIA
Feature: BARRANQUILLA,MAGDALENA R

Barranquilla, Magdalena River Mouth, Colombia October 1995
The mouth of the sediment-laden Magdalena River and Colombia’s chief port, Barranquilla, can be seen in this south-southeast-looking view. The river’s sediment plume extends many miles out into the southwest Caribbean Sea (bottom half of the image). The Magdalena links the interior highlands with the coastal lowlands of Colombia. Barranquilla with a population of well over a million people, is located on the west bank of the river, and has large chemical factories and cement works, along with shipbuilding and textile facilities.

Images: All Available Images Low-Resolution 285k
Mission: STS073
Roll - Frame: 760 - 32
Geographical Name: COLOMBIA
Center Lat x Lon: 11.0N x 75W
Film Exposure: N N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP: 5
Camera Tilt: 30 LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Lenth: 250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: N The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?: N Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number: 164
Date: 19951030 YYYYMMDD
Time: 164721 GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat: 9.6N Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon: 74.8W Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth: 183 Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude: 145 nautical miles
Sun Elevation: 67 Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
Land Views: COAST, PLAIN
Water Views: RIVER, SEDIMENT, SEA
Atmosphere Views:
Man Made Views: URBAN AREA
City Views: BARRANQUILLA

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