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   Photo ID:

   STS045-75-044   


   Program:

   Shuttle   


   Mission:

   STS-045


   Date Taken:

   1992-04-02


   Film Type:

   70mm

Title:
City of Troitsk and Sooty Snow, Chelyabinsk, CIS
Description:
This view shows the industrial pollution around the Siberian city of Troitsk (54.0N, 61.0E). Troitsk is the smallest of a group of three heavy industrial cities east of the Urals, the others being Magnitogorsk and Chelyabinsk. All have been cited as being some of the worst industrial polluted cities in the CIS. Despite being the smallest of the three, Troitsk has the largest area of soot blackened snow. Respiratory diseases among the citizens are chronic.
Subject Terms:
AIR POLLUTION COAL EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION INDUSTRIAL AREAS INDUSTRIAL PLANTS INDUSTRIAL WASTES INDUSTRIES RIVERS SNOW SOOT STS-45
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