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Description	Image of the top layers of the earth's atmosphere leading to space
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Date	July 20 2006
Author	NASA's Earth Observatory
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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: Camera 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