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English: Three major features dominate this image of the southwest coast of California: the deep blue (dark) waters of the Pacific Ocean; the highly reflective, man-made urban and suburban environment along the coast; and the rugged, natural terrain of low mountain foothills of the Peninsular Ranges east of the urban development. The greater metropolitan area of San Diego (CA) and Tijuana (Mexico) with a combined population of approximately four million people can be identified as the lighter colored, highly reflective area on the image. Several types of infrastructure associated with the developed urban area are visible on this small-scale image. Reservoirs, including the lower Otay, Sweetwater, and St. Vicente Reservoirs, are the irregularly shaped, dark blue areas. The light-colored linear runways of Miramar Naval Air Station lie north of the densely populated area of San Diego. Interstate Highways 5 and 15 (light colored, linear features) radiate northward away from San Diego. The small square-shaped features along the edges of the bay are the many piers that jut into San Diego Bay. Mission Bay Harbor and Marina (dark area) is found along the coast north of the entrance to San Diego Bay.
Date 20 April 1998, 19:45:12 UTC
Source Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center: NASA photo STS090-758-17 (mission STS090, roll 758, frame 17); high-resolution version from ftp://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/EFS_highres_STS090_STS090-758-17.JPG
Author NASA
Camera location31° 42′ 00″ N, 117° 06′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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current22:24, 30 June 2012Thumbnail for version as of 22:24, 30 June 20124,055 × 4,055 (13.45 MB)Closeapplehigh-resolution version from ftp://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/EFS_highres_STS090_STS090-758-17.JPG
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00:10, 24 January 2011Thumbnail for version as of 00:10, 24 January 2011639 × 639 (322 KB)08OceanBeach SD{{Information |Description ={{en|1=Satellite map of the San Diego Urban and Bay Area from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Three major features dominate this image of the southwest coast of California:

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