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General Description: 
STS-79 Shuttle Mission Imagery
Description: 
STS79-E-5164 (20 September 1996) --- As the Space Shuttle Atlantis and Russia's Mir Space Station orbited Earth together, the STS-79 crew recorded and downlinked this panorama of the Pacific Coast of the United States of America, during Flight Day 5. Most prominent features are the San Francisco bay area and the Salton Sea.
image id: 
Photo-s79e5164
facet_what: 
Earth
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Russian Mir Space Station
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Space Shuttle Orbiter
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Russia
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Salton Sea
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United States of America
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20 September 1996
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1996
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SPD-SPFLT-Photo-s79e5164
original url: 
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-79/html/s79e5164.html