NASA Photo ID: STS056(E)017        File Name: 10072689.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 ESC Earth observation of the coast of Peru with Lomas Point & Yuaca
  Description:
  STS-56 electronic still camera (ESC) Earth observation image shows the
  coast  of Peru, as recorded on the 39th orbit of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle
  (OV)  103.  Lomas Point and the town of Yuaca are visible in the frame. 
  The image  was recorded by 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 image
  are 15.593 degrees  south latitude and 74.851 degrees west longitude.
  (300mm lens, no filter).   Digital file name is ESC06001.IMG.           
  
  Subject terms:
  COASTS                                  
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA                 
  PACIFIC OCEAN                           
  PERU                                    
  SHORELINES                              
  STS-56                                  
  

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