NASA Photo ID: STS056(E)003        File Name: 10072675.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 ESC Earth observation of a portion of the Himalayan mountain range
  Description:
  STS-56 electronic still camera (ESC) Earth observation image taken aboard 
  Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, shows a portion of the Himalayan 
  mountain range. The image was recorded with a 180mm lens on the Hand-held, 
  Earth-oriented, Real-time, Cooperative, User-friendly, Location-targeting
  and  Environmental System (HERCULES). HERCULES is a device that makes it
  simple  for Shuttle crewmembers to take pictures of Earth as they merely
  point a  modified 35mm camera and shoot any interesting feature, whose
  latitude and  longitude are automatically determined in real time.  In this
  observation,  the center coordinates are 27.822 degrees north latitude and
  84.173 degrees  east longitude. Geolocation accuracy on this image is 0.7
  nautical miles.   The Kali River runs from the east (top left corner) to
  the west (bottom right  corner).  Nepal's capital city of Kathmandu lies
  (out of frame) about 96  nautical miles east of the center point.  Digital
  file name is ESC01039.IMG.         
  
  Subject terms:
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA                 
  HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN RANGE                
  RIVERS                                  
  STS-56                                  
  

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