NASA Photo ID: STS056(E)011        File Name: 10072683.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 ESC Earth observation of Korcula & Peljesac islands in Adriatic Sea
  Description:
  STS-56 electronic still camera (ESC) Earth observation image is of two
  small  islands (Korcula and Peljesac) in the Adriatic Sea, southwest of
  Sarajevo.   The scene was photographed during Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle
  (OV) 103's,  33rd orbit 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  42.9 degrees north latitude and 17.2 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 ESC03036.IMG.          
  Subject terms:
  ADRIATIC SEA                            
  COASTS                                  
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA                 
  ISLANDS                                 
  SHORELINES                              
  STS-56                                  
  

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