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NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
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STS-99 Shuttle Mission Imagery
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JSC2000-E-02740 PIA02718 (For Release: 18 February 2000) --- This perspective view shows the western part of the city of Pasadena, California, looking north towards the San Gabriel Mountains. Portions of the cities of Altadena and La Canada-Flintridge are also shown. The image was created from three datasets: the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) supplied the elevation data; Landsat data from November 11, 1986 provided the land surface color (not the sky) and U. S. Geological Survey digital aerial photography provides the image detail. The Rose Bowl, surrounded by a golf course, is the circular feature at the bottom center of the image. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the cluster of large buildings north of the Rose Bowl at the base of the mountains. A large landfill, Scholl Canyon, is the smooth area in the lower left corner of the scene. This image shows the power of combining data from different sources to create planning tools to study problems that affect large urban areas. In addition to the well-known earthquake hazards, Southern California is affected by a natural cycle of fire and mudflows. Wildfires strip the mountains of vegetation, increasing the hazards from flooding and mudflows for several years afterwards. Data such as that shown on this image can be used to predict both how wildfires will spread over the terrain and also how mudflows will be channeled down the canyons. The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), launched on February 11, 2000, uses the same radar instrument that comprised the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) that flew twice on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1994. The mission is designed to collect three-dimensional measurements of the Earth's surface. To collect the 3-D data, engineers added a 60-meter-long (200-foot) mast, an additional C-band imaging antenna and improved tracking and navigation devices. The mission is a cooperative project between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) and the German (DLR) and Italian (ASI) space agencies. It is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, Washington, DC. Size: 5.8 km (3.6 miles) x 10 km (6.2 miles) Location: 34.16 deg. North lat., 118.16 deg. West lon. Orientation: Looking North Data Resolution: 30 m, no vertical exaggeration Date Acquired: February 16, 2000 Image: NASA/JPL/NIMA
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Photo-jsc2000e02740
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C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Earth
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Landsat
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SRTM
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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Spaceborne Imaging Radar
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Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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California
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Canada
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Washington
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18 February 2000
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1994
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February 11, 2000
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February 16, 2000
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November 11, 1986
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1986
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1994
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2000
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SPD-SPFLT-Photo-jsc2000e02740
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