NASA Photo ID: STS056(E)013        File Name: 10072685.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 ESC Earth observation of Charlotte, North Carolina at night
  Description:
  STS-56 electronic still camera (ESC) Earth observation image shows
  Charlotte,  North Carolina at night as photographed from Discovery, Orbiter
  Vehicle (OV)  103.  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.  Center coordinates on  this image are 35.221
  degrees north latitude and 80.847 degrees west  longitude.  Digital file
  name is ESC04031.IMG.            
  Subject terms:
  DARKNESS                                
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA                 
  NIGHT                                   
  NORTH CAROLINA                          
  STS-56                                  
  

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