NASA Photo ID: STS056(E)018        File Name: 10072690.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 ESC Earth observation of Nagoya, Japan
  Description:
  STS-56 electronic still camera (ESC) Earth observation image shows Nagoya, 
  Japan as recorded on the 44th 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 are 34.991 degrees north 
  latitude and 136.870 degrees east longitude. (180mm lens, no filter).  
  Digital file name is ESC06023.IMG.           
  
  Subject terms:
  BAYS                                    
  COASTS                                  
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA                 
  JAPAN                                   
  SHORELINES                              
  STS-56                                  
  

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