ISS065-E-206242_-_View_of_Taiwan.jpg

ISS Crew Earth Observations: **ISS065-E-206242**
Identification
Mission	ISS065 ( Expedition 65 )
Roll	E
Frame	206242
Country or Geographic Name	TAIWAN
Features	TAIPEI, CITY AT NIGHT, TAMSUI RIVER
Center Point Latitude	25.1° N
Center Point Longitude	121.5° E
Camera
Camera Tilt	8°
Camera Focal Length	400 mm
Camera	NIKON D5 Electronic Still Camera
Film	5568E: 5568 x 3712 pixel CMOS sensor, 35.9 x 23.9 mm, total pixels: 21.33 million, Nikon FX format.
Quality
Percentage of Cloud Cover	0-10%
Nadir What is Nadir?
Date	2021-07-26
Time	15:56:23
Nadir Point Latitude	25.3° N
Nadir Point Longitude	122.0° E
Nadir to Photo Center Direction	West
Sun Azimuth	359°
Spacecraft Altitude	225 nautical miles (417 km)
Sun Elevation Angle	-46°

Summary

Description

English: A very distinctive city at night with its winding rivers: Taipei!

Français : Au nord de Taïwan, Taipei saute aux yeux avec ses cours d’eau sinueux.

中文（臺灣）： 在國際太空站上執行遠征65（Expedition 65）任務的太空人佩斯凱（Thomas Pesquet）於臺灣時間2021年7月26日深夜拍攝的大臺北地區，可見燈光形塑出淡水河水系的輪廓。

Date

26 July 2021, 15:56:23

Source

Frame 206242 from ISS Expedition 65 Crew Earth Observations
Post by Thomas Pesquet on Instagram

Author

Original frame: Thomas Pesquet/The Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
Stabilization correction by Tiouraren (Y.-C. Tsai)

Camera location	25° 18′ N, 122° 00′ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	25.300000; 122.000000

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ISS065-E-206242

26 July 2021

225 nautical mile

25°6'N, 121°30'E

25°18'N, 122°0'E

400 millimetre

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