File:Baku, Azerbaijan.jpg

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Summary

Description

English: Astronaut Photo of Baku, Azerbaijan taken from the International Space Station (ISS) during Expedition 24 on August 6, 2010.

ISS Crew Earth Observations: **ISS024-E-11003**
Identification
Mission	ISS024 ( Expedition 24)
Roll	E
Frame	11003
Country or Geographic Name	Azerbaijan
Features	BAKU, CASPIAN SEA, BAKIXANOV, QARACUXUR
Centre Point Latitude	40.4° N
Centre Point Longitude	49.9° E
Camera
Camera Tilt	42°
Camera Focal Length	400 mm
Camera	Nikon D2Xs
Film	4288 x 2848 pixel CMOS sensor, RGBG imager colour filter.
Quality
Percentage of Cloud Cover	0-10%
Nadir What is Nadir?
Date	2010-08-06
Time	07:12:25
Nadir Point Latitude	41.5° N
Nadir Point Longitude	47.3° E
Nadir to Photo Centre Direction	East
Sun Azimuth	130°
Spacecraft Altitude	188 nautical miles (348 km)
Sun Elevation Angle	57°
Orbit Number	3135

Date

6 August 2010

Source

ISS024-E-11003

Author

ISS Expedition 24 Crew
Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Centre

Object location	40° 24′ 0.00″ N, 49° 54′ 0.00″ E	This and other images at their locations on: Google Maps - Google Earth - OpenStreetMap - Proximityrama	( Info)40.4;49.9

This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Centre of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: ISS024-E-11003.
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Metadata

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Camera manufacturer	NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model	NIKON D2Xs
Exposure time	1/4,000 sec (0.00025)
F-number	f/2.8
ISO speed rating	200
Date and time of data generation	07:12, 6 August 2010
Lens focal length	400 mm
Horizontal resolution	240 dpi
Vertical resolution	240 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.6 (Windows)
File change date and time	13:50, 23 March 2013
Exposure Program	Aperture priority
Exif version	2.3
Date and time of digitizing	07:12, 6 August 2010
Shutter speed	11.965784
APEX aperture	2.970854
Exposure bias	0
Maximum land aperture	3 APEX (f/2.83)
Metering mode	Pattern
Light source	Unknown
Flash	Flash did not fire
User comments	NASA 1,113 73.8F
DateTimeOriginal subseconds	77
DateTimeDigitized subseconds	77
Sensing method	One-chip colour area sensor
File source	Digital still camera
Scene type	A directly photographed image
Custom image processing	Normal process
Exposure mode	Auto exposure
White balance	Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio	1
Focal length in 35 mm film	600 mm
Scene capture type	Standard
Scene control	None
Contrast	Soft
Saturation	Normal
Sharpness	Normal
Subject distance range	Unknown
Serial number of camera	6027239
Lens used	400.0 mm f/2.8
Date metadata was last modified	14:50, 23 March 2013
Unique ID of original document	195B40DFDD777C87D704AE57345D4836
IIM version	4

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