NASA Photo ID: STS056(E)005        File Name: 10072677.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 ESC Earth observation of St. Louis, Missouri at night
  Description:
  STS-56 electronic still camera (ESC) Earth observation image taken aboard 
  Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, shows St. Louis, Missouri at night and 
  was photographed during orbit 33.  The image was recorded with an image 
  intensifier 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 
  38.6 degrees north latitude and 90.2 degrees west longitude. The image was 
  acquired at 1/60-second shutter speed and -2/3 exposure compensation.  
  Digital file name is ESC03030.IMG.          
  
  Subject terms:
  DARKNESS                                
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA                 
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER (US)                  
  MISSOURI                                
  NIGHT                                   
  STS-56                                  
  

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