File:Everestfromspace.jpg
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Summary
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English: Mount Everest from space, with local features annotated. |
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| Date | Taken on 20 March 2002 | |
| Source | Reprocessed photograph (ISS004-E-8852) | |
| Author |
Photograph: Dan Bursch, NASA Astronaut |
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| Identification | |
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| Mission | ISS004 (Expedition 4) |
| Roll | E |
| Frame | 8852 |
| Country or Geographic Name | CHINA |
| Features | MOUNT EVEREST, LHOTSE PEAK |
| Center Point Latitude | 28.0° N |
| Center Point Longitude | 86.5° E |
| Camera | |
| Camera Tilt | 50° |
| Camera Focal Length | 800 mm |
| Camera | Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still Camera |
| Film | 3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array. |
| Quality | |
| Percentage of Cloud Cover | 0-10% |
| Nadir What is Nadir? | |
| Date | 2002-03-20 |
| Time | 01:44:19 |
| Nadir Point Latitude | 29.9° N |
| Nadir Point Longitude | 90.2° E |
| Nadir to Photo Center Direction | Southwest |
| Sun Azimuth | 103° |
| Spacecraft Altitude | 213 nautical miles (394 km) |
| Sun Elevation Angle | 21° |
| Orbit Number | 3016 |
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| current | 11:26, 29 May 2008 |  | 1,326 × 1,033 (209 KB) | ALE! | high res version of the same image. (Cropped and rotated by 132 degrees from the original NASA image) |
| 08:37, 25 July 2005 |  | 388 × 317 (39 KB) | 200040302 | This is a re-processed photograph (ISS004-E-8852) taken from Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. See the original record at http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS004&roll=E&frame=8852 For policies see ht |
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