Currently, there is no caption available for this photo from NASA. The cropped and rotated image above was slightly enhanced to bring out clarity, but is untouched and unmanipulated otherwise.
The following, is all known information on this photo:
Electronic Image Data
Camera files only apply to electronic still cameras.
No sound file available.
Identification
Mission: STS088 Roll: 724 Frame: 65 Mission ID on the Film or image: STS88
Country or Geographic Name: OCEAN
Features: PAN-SNGLNT., SPACE DEBRIS
Center Point Latitude: Center Point Longitude: (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Stereo: No (Yes indicates there is an adjacent picture of the same area)
ONC Map ID: M-05 JNC Map ID: 51
Camera
Camera Tilt: High Oblique
Camera Focal Length: 250mm
Camera: HB: Hasselblad
Film: 5069 : Kodak Elite 100S, E6 Reversal, Replaces Lumiere, Warmer in tone vs. Lumiere.
Quality
Film Exposure: Over Exposed
Percentage of Cloud Cover: 90 (76-100)
Nadir
Date: 19981211 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time: 201641 (HHMMSS)
Nadir Point Latitude: -29.3, Longitude: 8.3 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude)
Nadir to Photo Center Direction: North
Sun Azimuth: 225 (Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point)
Spacecraft Altitude: 213 nautical miles (394 km)
Sun Elevation Angle: -22 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point)
Orbit Number: 118
Original Source: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=STS088&roll=724&frame=65
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