NASA Photo ID: STS047-151-488 File Name: 10064980.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 09/20/92
Title: Puget Sound, Seattle, WA, USA, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Description:
The Olympic Peninsula of NW Washington state, Puget Sound and the Cascade
Range of British Columbia, Canada form the setting for this unusually clear
photo of one of the most cloudy sections of North America (48.0N, 123.0W)
where rainfall exceeds 120 inches anually. The cities of Seattle/Tacoma
and Burlington, as well as the Canadian city of Vancouver can be seen in
great detail along the heavily indented coastline of this glacier sculpted
scene.
Subject terms:
CANADA
CITIES
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)
MOUNTAINS
PACIFIC OCEAN
PUGET SOUND
STRAITS
STS-47
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