Earth observations taken during the STS-96 mission from the space shuttle Discovery including: Strait of Gibraltar with ships in the water (003-15). Lake Manicouagan, Quebec, Canada (025). Isle de Madeleine, Gulf of St. Lawrence (027-8). Onekotan Island (035-40). Himalayan mountains (031). Kurile Islands, north of Japan, Onaketa Island with crater (039). Lower Chang Jian (Yangtze river), China (082). East cost of China - with disputed Taiwanese islands of Amoy and Quemoy (093).