NASA Photo ID: STS056(E)008        File Name: 10072680.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 ESC Earth observation of a smoke plume near Bonn, Germany
  Description:
  STS-56 electronic still camera (ESC) Earth observation image shows a smoke 
  plume near Bonn, Germany, as photographed from Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle 
  (OV) 103.  The image was recorded with a 300mm 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.  Center
  coordinates of  this frame are 50.8 degrees north latitude and 6.4 degrees
  east longitude.   The camera was in shutter priority mode with a
  1/500-second shutter speed and  -2/3 exposure compensation.  Digital file
  name is ESC03035.IMG.           
  Subject terms:
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA                 
  GERMANY                                 
  SMOKE                                   
  STS-56                                  
  

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