NASA Photo ID: STS056(E)014        File Name: 10072686.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 ESC Earth observation of Melbourne, Australia
  Description:
  STS-56 electronic still camera (ESC) Earth observation image is of
  Melbourne,  Australia and was 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  37.49 degrees south latitude and 144.58
  degrees east longitude.  North  will be at the top if the picture is held
  with the thin trail of clouds at  left edge, moving over Port Phillip Bay
  into Hobsons Bay.  Digital file name  is ESC07020.          
  
  Subject terms:
  AUSTRALIA                               
  COASTS                                  
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA                 
  SHORELINES                              
  STS-56                                  
  

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