NASA Photo ID: STS056-155-058      File Name: 10073228.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 Earth observation of Perth in Western Australia
  Description:
  STS-56 Earth observation taken aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, 
  is probably the best view of Perth in Western Australia.  (For orientation 
  purposes, note that the coastline runs north and south).  The major feature 
  on the coast is the large estuary of the Swan River.  The large port city
  of  Perth is situated on the north bank and the smaller city of Freemantle
  on the  south bank by the sea.  Smaller seaside towns trail off north and
  south of  this center of urban life.  Inland lies a prominent escarpment,
  more than 600  feet high, seen running down the middle of the view and
  dividing the  lighter-colored coastal lowlands from the highlands where
  dark-colored tree  savanna and desert scrub dominates the land.  The Moore
  River can be seen  entering the sea at the top of the frame.  Rottnest
  Island is visible in the  sea and Garden Island near bottom edge of the
  frame.  Perth is the largest  economic center in Western Australia.  It
  receives natural gas from an  offshore field hundreds of miles to the
  north.  It lies 3,400 kilometers west  of Sydney on the opposite side of
  this island continent.       
  
  Subject terms:
  AUSTRALIA                               
  COASTS                                  
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  INDIAN OCEAN                            
  RIVERS                                  
  SHORELINES                              
  STS-56                                  
  

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