This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
| This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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A Trip Into Space  Earth North America The Earth - Houston And The Gulf Coast Of Texas And Louisiana |
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Gemini 12 photograph of Houston and the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. Houston is at the left center of the image, at the end of Galveston Bay. The Harris County Domed Stadium (the Astrodome) can be seen as a small white dot in southwest Houston. The straight blue line in Galveston Bay is the Houston Ship Channel. Note the turbid waters flowing into the Gulf along the coast. A marsh fire produced the smoke plume at the upper right. The Sam Rayburn reservoir is near the top of the image above Houston. Galveston Bay is about 50 km long, and north is at 11:00. (Gemini 12, S66-63034 )
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27