NASA Photo ID: STS048(E)009        File Name: 10065036.jpg
  Film Type: ESC BW                  Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: STS-48 ESC Earth observation of Antarctic sea ice & clouds over Indian Ocean
  Description:
  STS-48 Earth observation taken aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, 
  is of Antarctic sea ice and clouds over the southern Indian Ocean. 
  Considerable detail can be seen in the ice field.  The distribution of the 
  ice field as seen through the breaks in the clouds is complex, and
  according  to NASA scientists studying the STS-48 imagery, it likely
  contains  information about ocean currents.  The image was captured using
  an electronic  still camera (ESC), was stored on a removable hard disk or
  small optical  disk, and was converted to a format suitable for downlink
  transmission. The ESC documentation was part of Development Test Objective
  (DTO) 648,  Electronic Still Photography.            
  
  Subject terms:
  ANTARCTIC REGIONS                       
  CLOUDS                                  
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  INDIAN OCEAN                            
  SEA ICE                                 
  STS-48                                  
  

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