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Earth observations taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-78 mission
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Earth observations taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-78 mission

NASA / JSC · 1996-06-28 · photograph (digital archive)

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STS078-751-012 (20 June-7 July 1996) --- The international crew of the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS-1) mission onboard the Space Shuttle Columbia photographed this oblique view of the "toe" of Italy and the island of Sicily. Southern Italy is known as the Mezzogiorno because of the intensity of sunshine there at midday (Mezzogiorno is the Italian term for "midday" or "noon").

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Credit lineEarth observations taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-78 mission. NASA/JSC, 1996-06-28. Public domain. ID: sts078-751-012.
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