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Kennedy Space Center and the Florida Atlantic coast area

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SL4-93-167 (February 1974) --- A vertical view of the Kennedy Space Center and the Florida Atlantic coast area is seen in this Skylab 4 Earth Resources Experiments Package S190-B (five-inch earth terrain camera) infrared photography taken from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. This photograph shows the major land-ocean features of the Florida coast near Vero Beach northward to Cape Canaveral and the KSC complex. The launch pads for the Skylab missions are clearly visible. Identification of living vegetation is possible through the use of the color infrared film. Various shades of red portray differences in the vegetation such as shown in the patterns in the agricultural area near Vero Beach. In the Kennedy Space Center, the nearly continuous and uniform red color shows that most of the land areas are heavily vegetated. The white coastal beach areas are strongly contrasted to the red land and the blue Atlantic Ocean. Old dunal areas in KSC are visible on Merritt Island which is separated from the Launch areas by the Banana River and the mainland by the Indian River. Federal and state highways and numerous causeways over the rivers are easily identified. The Florida mainland is partly shadowed by small white clouds which cast a pronounced shadow to the east of each cloud indicated the Sun is west of solar noon. Federal agencies participating with NASA on the EREP project are the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Core 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. Photo credit: NASA

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atlantic ocean coasts earth observations from space earth resources infrared photography kennedy space center onboard activities photography skylab 4 skylab program spaceborne experiments topography vegetation johnson space center skylab space station skylab atlantic coast high resolution florida atlantic coast area area vero beach beach areas land areas launch areas earth resources experiments package s 190 b florida coast florida mainland earth terrain camera earth orbit ksc vegetation color clouds departments indian river nasa
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01/02/1974
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label_outline Explore Earth Terrain Camera, Earth Resources, Onboard Activities Photography

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atlantic ocean coasts earth observations from space earth resources infrared photography kennedy space center onboard activities photography skylab 4 skylab program spaceborne experiments topography vegetation johnson space center skylab space station skylab atlantic coast high resolution florida atlantic coast area area vero beach beach areas land areas launch areas earth resources experiments package s 190 b florida coast florida mainland earth terrain camera earth orbit ksc vegetation color clouds departments indian river nasa