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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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Title:
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Radar Image with Color as Height: Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
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Radar Image with Color as Height: Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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Much of Honshu, Japan's largest island, is seen in this image generated from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data. The nation of Japan is made up of four main islands and several smaller ones. Together they comprise a total land area of 374,744 square kilometers (144,689square miles), slightly less than the area of California. Forests and woodlands cover 67 percent of Japan's mostly rugged and mountainous terrain. In this image, elevations are represented by color; height increases from white to green to brown. Tokyo, the capital city, is the bright area in the bottom right part of the image. Of Japan's 127 million people, almost 80 percent live on Honshu, mostly in the flat coastal areas. The mountain peak visible to the left of Tokyo is Mt. Fuji, a stratovolcano famous for its perfectly shaped cone. This image was created during preliminary processing of a single data swath and contains numerous data gaps shown in red. These gaps will be filled in with data from overlapping swaths when the final elevation maps are produced. Other SRTM views of Mt. Fuji and Tokyo can be seen in PIA02792 and PIA02793. The elevation data used in this image was acquired by SRTM aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, launched on February 11, 2000. SRTM used the same radar instrument that comprised the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) that flew twice on Endeavour in 1994. SRTM was designed to collect three-dimensional measurements of Earth's land surface. To collect the 3-D SRTM data, engineers added a mast 60 meters (about 200 feet)long, installed additional C-band and X-band antennas, and improved tracking and navigation devices. The mission is a cooperative project between the NASA, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) of the U.S. Department of Defense, and the German and Italian space agencies. It is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif, for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise,Washingto n, D.C. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Location: 36.17 deg. North lat., 136.50 East lon. North is to top Date Acquired: February 21, 2000 SRTM
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Much of Honshu, Japan's largest island, is seen in this image generated from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data. The nation of Japan is made up of four main islands and several smaller ones. Together they comprise a total land area of 374,744 square kilometers (144,689square miles), slightly less than the area of California. Forests and woodlands cover 67 percent of Japan's mostly rugged and mountainous terrain. In this image, elevations are represented by color; height increases from white to green to brown. Tokyo, the capital city, is the bright area in the bottom right part of the image. Of Japan's 127 million people, almost 80 percent live on Honshu, mostly in the flat coastal areas. The mountain peak visible to the left of Tokyo is Mt. Fuji, a stratovolcano famous for its perfectly shaped cone. This image was created during preliminary processing of a single data swath and contains numerous data gaps shown in red. These gaps will be filled in with data from overlapping swaths when the final elevation maps are produced. Other SRTM views of Mt. Fuji and Tokyo can be seen in PIA02792 and PIA02793. The elevation data used in this image was acquired by SRTM aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, launched on February 11, 2000. SRTM used the same radar instrument that comprised the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) that flew twice on Endeavour in 1994. SRTM was designed to collect three-dimensional measurements of Earth's land surface. To collect the 3-D SRTM data, engineers added a mast 60 meters (about 200 feet)long, installed additional C-band and X-band antennas, and improved tracking and navigation devices. The mission is a cooperative project between the NASA, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) of the U.S. Department of Defense, and the German and Italian space agencies. It is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif, for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise,Washingto n, D.C. JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Location: 36.17 deg. North lat., 136.50 East lon. North is to top Date Acquired: February 21, 2000 SRTM Original Caption Released with Image
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Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL/NIMA
Image_Credit
NASA/JPL/NIMA
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Produced By:
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JPL
Produced_By
JPL
Produced By
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Mission:
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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Spacecraft:
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
Spacecraft
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Earth
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Earth
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
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Sol (our sun)
Is a satellite of
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Instrument:
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C-Band Interferometric Radar
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C-Band Interferometric Radar
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Product Size:
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3463 samples x 4313 lines
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3463 samples x 4313 lines
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Primary Data Set:
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SRTM Mission
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SRTM Mission
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Producer ID:
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MRPS96967
Producer_ID
MRPS96967
Producer ID
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facet_what:
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Sun
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Sun
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facet_what:
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Earth
facet_what
Earth
facet_what
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facet_what:
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C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Spaceborne Imaging Radar
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Spaceborne Imaging Radar
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Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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facet_what:
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
facet_what
Space Shuttle Endeavour
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facet_what:
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
facet_what
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facet_what:
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SRTM
facet_what
SRTM
facet_what
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facet_what:
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C-Band Interferometric Radar
facet_what
C-Band Interferometric Radar
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facet_what:
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what
Space Shuttle Orbiter
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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California
facet_where
California
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facet_where:
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Washington
facet_where
Washington
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facet_where:
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Japan
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Japan
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facet_where:
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Tokyo
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Tokyo
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Washington, D.C.
facet_where
Washington, D.C.
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facet_when:
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1994
facet_when
1994
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facet_when:
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February 11, 2000
facet_when
February 11, 2000
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facet_when:
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February 21, 2000
facet_when
February 21, 2000
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1994
facet_when_year
1994
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2000
facet_when_year
2000
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Image #:
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PIA02791
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02791
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02791
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