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St. Louis St. Louis appears in this radar image with downtown St. Louis in the lower middle, colored as light yellow, just along and above the river. Across the river (to the right) are the cities of East St. Louis and Cahokia. Washington DC View of the Washington DC area, including the Potomac River. At the middle right is Andrews Air Force Base, the airbase where the Presidential plane, Air Force 1 is usually based. New York City View from the Space Shuttle of New York City, the Hudson River, and Long Island. Central Park in Manhattan can be seen as a narrow rectangle. The bridge at the lower left connects Brooklyn to Staten Island and is called the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. New York City and Long Island View of New York City and Long Island. Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts View of Boston, Cambridge, and the surrounding area, with downtown Boston at lower right. The Charles River flows from left to right. Vegetation is colored red and the Boston Common (a large park) is seen in the lower right. Cape Cod, Massachusetts Cape Cod, Massachusetts, south of Boston. Next Page Page 3 of 4

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