NASA Photo ID: SL2-03-118          File Name: 10076131.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 06/22/73
Title: San Francisco and Bay Area, CA, USA
Description:
Although clouds obscure part of the city of San Francisco and the mouth of 
the Bay (37.5N, 122.0W), many cultural and natural features in the
immediate  vicinity are obvious.  The Bay Bridge which was damaged in the
1989  earthquake, Candlestick Park, San Mateo and Dumbarton Bridges as well
as the  various colored settling ponds rimming the south end of the Bay,
the San  Andreas and Calaveras faults and many of the major highways can be
seen.   Color infrared photography is very useful for haze penetration and
greater  definition of the imagery as well as vegetation detection,
depicted as shades  of red.               
Subject terms:
BAYS                                    
BRIDGES                                 
CITIES                                  
COLOR INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY              
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
FAULTS                                  
HIGHWAYS                                
PENINSULAS                              
SKYLAB 2                                

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