NASA Photo ID: STS048(E)026        File Name: 10065052.jpg
  Film Type: ESC BW                  Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: STS-48 ESC Earth observation of the greater Houston metropolitan area
  Description:
  STS-48 Earth observation taken aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103,
  of  the Greater Houston metropolitan area was captured with the electronic
  still  camera (ESC).  A portion of Upper Galveston Bay appears at bottom
  right.   This photo was recorded on orbit 61 of the STS-48 mission. The ESC
  image 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:
  BAYS                                    
  CLOUDS                                  
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ELECTRO-OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY             
  HIGHWAYS                                
  HOUSTON (TX)                            
  SHORELINES                              
  STS-48                                  
  TEXAS                                   
  WATERWAYS
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