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S48-22-015 - STS-048 - Dark city light and aurora views taken during STS-48 mission

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Description: Dark city light and aurora views taken during the STS-48 mission from the space shuttle Discovery.

Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-48, DISCOVERY (ORBITER)

Date Taken: 8/24/1998

Categories: Earth Observations

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Original: Film - 35MM CN

Preservation File Format: TIFF

feat: NIGHT-CITY-UNKNOWN

tilt: Low Oblique

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dark city light dark city light aurora views aurora views mission sts 48 discovery nasa view of earth from space high resolution ultra high resolution sts 48 mission sts 48 earth observations space shuttle discovery space discovery low oblique
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1995
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