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    Montevideo, Uruguay Viewed During Skylab 3 Mission

    Keywords

    Aeronautics, John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Skylab 3

    Photo Description

    SKYLAB 3 EREP PHOTO -- A vertical view of the Montevideo, Uruguay area of South America is seen in this Skylab 3 Earth Resources Experiments Package S190-B (five-inch Earth terrain camera) photograph taken from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. The large body of water is Río de la Plata which flows into the South Atlantic Ocean at the bottom of the picture. The red plume in the Río de la Plata is probably sediment moving seaward. The Santa Lucia River enters the Río de la Plata west of Montevideo and is the major drainage for the region. Note the small Isla del Tigre at the mouth of the Santa Lucia. The white beach and sand dune areas are plainly visible along the coast. A major airport can be seen immediately east of downtown Montevideo. Major thoroughfares and residential areas, such as the bright one in the suburbs, are clearly visible, also. Farm tracts in green and gray rectangular patterns indicate agricultural regions.

    Federal agencies participating with NASA on the EREP project are the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers. All EREP photography is available to the public through the Department of Interior's Earth Resources Observations Systems Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57198.

    Publication Date

    10-30-1973

    Format

    image/jpeg

    Number of Images

    2

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    Front of Image

    Publisher

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    Original Size

    8" x 10"

    Identifier

    DP0057714-0016a

    NASA Photo Number

    SL3-84-202; 73H-1057; 73HC-844; 108-KSC-73PC-747

    Photo Credit

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Location

    John C. Hitt Library

    Department

    Special Collections & University Archives

    Call Number

    SC 010

    Digital Production Specifications

    Digitized by the University of Central Florida Libraries, Digital Initiatives Unit. Jpeg images were derived from no less than 600 dpi tiffs scanned on a Copibook scanner.

    Use and Reproduction

    This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information, contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816, (407) 823-2576.

    Additional Rights Statement

    This photograph is a government publication – not subject to copyright.
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    Keywords

    Aeronautics, John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA, Skylab 3

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