NASA Photo ID: STS030-151-157      File Name: 10063318.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 05/08/89
  Title: Mexico City, Mexico
  Description:
  In this rare clear view of Mexico City, Mexico (19.5N, 99.0W), the network
  of  broad avenues and plazas of the capital city are very evident.  The
  city,  built on the remnants of a lake in the caldera of a tremendous
  extinct  volcano, is home to over twenty million people and is slowly
  sinking as  subsidence takes it's toll on the lakebed.                     
  
  Subject terms:
  CITIES                                  
  DESERTS                                 
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  MEXICO                                  
  STS-30
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