STS053-98-012 - STS-053 - Earth observations

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Description: Photographic documentation showing earth observations taken during the STS-53 mission from the space shuttle Discovery. scenic moonrise scene was taken over the Coastal Mountain Range, British Columbia (56.0N, 135W) and shows the moon at the day/night terminator. The moon appears as a tiny dot on the earth limb, partially intersected by the thin blue line of airglow (093).

Subject Terms: STS-53, EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), DISCOVERY (ORBITER)

Date Taken: 12/5/1992 0:00

Original: Film

Preservation File Format: TIFF

geon: SAUDI ARABIA

feat: PIVOT IRR., CIR. OUTCROP

lat: 27

lon: 43

tilt: 17

cldp: 0

nlat: 26.2

nlon: 42.6

dir: N

azi: 240

alt: 178

elev: 8

STS-53

nasa british columbia earth observations sts 53 discovery space shuttle columbia view of earth from space sts 53 earth limb moon sts 53 mission space shuttle coastal mountain range space moonrise scene night terminator saudi arabia

1992

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