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Isla de la Palma, Canary Isl
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The Canary Islands, a group
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ISS017-E-06820
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image |
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? 5/13/2008 |
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NASA -- NASA Image Of The Day |
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ISS017-E-06820 |
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Both sides of the Atlantic O
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Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
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Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible in this view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. The large, most prominent, land mass is the bulge of west Africa. The portion of Africa near the equator is dark and cloudy, but the more northerly portions are clear, showing the prominent cape at Dakar and the Senegal River in Senegal, Cap Blanc, the Adrar Plateau in Mauritania, the wide expanse of desert in Algeria and Spanish Sahara, and at the far edge, the Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Clouds cover the eastern coast of South America, southward from Surinam and Guyana to near the City of Salvador, Brazil. This view was taken after tranlunar insertion. |
| Date Taken |
1968-12-22 |
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View of Agadir, Morocco from
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View of Agadir, Morocco from Gemini 5 |
| Description |
View of Agadir, Morocco taken from the Gemini 5 spacecraft in orbit over the Earth. |
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1965-08-21 |
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View of the Straits of Gibra
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View of the Straits of Gibraltar from Gemini 5 |
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View of the Straits of Gibraltar, looking northeast, Morocco in foreground, Spain in background taken from the Gemini 5 spacecraft in orbit over the Earth. This view was taken during the spacecraft's 14th revolution of the earth. |
| Date Taken |
1965-08-21 |
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Strait of Gibraltar
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Strait of Gibraltar |
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Gateway to the Atlantic, since ancient times the Strait of Gibraltar (36.5N, 4.5W) is also the border between Africa and Europe. In Spain to the north, the dark area near the coast is the delta of the Guadalquivir River and the city of Seville. The small spike of land on the north side of the strait is the actual Rock of Gibraltar. On the African side, a cloud front cutting across from the coast is blowing into Europe from Morocco and Algeria. |
| Date Taken |
1973-06-22 |
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Strait of Gibraltar
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Strait of Gibraltar |
| Description |
The Strait of Gibraltar (36.0N, 5.5W), at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea, separates Europe and Africa. On the Spanish side of the strait, the port of Cadiz and the Rota Naval Base as well as the great Andalucian city of Seville can be seen. To the south in Morocco, the coastal cities of Tangier, Tetouan and Ceuta are easily seen. |
| Date Taken |
1981-10-14 |
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Area of Spanish Sahara, Maur
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Area of Spanish Sahara, Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco as seen from Gemini 10 |
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Area of Spanish Sahara, Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco, looking north into Hamada Du Dra, as seen from the Gemini 10 spacecraft. |
| Date Taken |
1966-07-18 |
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Gibraltar, Spain, Portugal,
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Gibraltar, Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Atlantic Ocean as seen from Gemini 10 |
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Venezuela, British Guyana, Surinam, and Trindad, as seen from the Gemini 10 spacecraft. On left is mouth of Orinoco River in Venezuela. Mouth of Essequibo River in British Guyana is in right center. |
| Date Taken |
1966-07-18 |
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Straits of Gibralter, Medite
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Straits of Gibralter, Mediterranean Sea, Spain as seen from Gemini 10 |
| Description |
Straits of Gibralter, Mediterranean Sea, Spain in background, Algeria and Morocco in foreground as seen from Gemini 10 spacecraft. |
| Date Taken |
1966-07-18 |
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Strait of Gibraltar
| Title |
Strait of Gibraltar |
| Description |
The Strait of Gibraltar as seen from the south (36.0N, 5.5W). This scene shows the actual Rock of Gibraltar under cloud cover but most of the Strait of Gibraltar, at the mouth of the Mediterranaen Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, can be seen in good detail. Despite the obliquity of the scene, much of the beauty of the Spanish and Moroccan countryside can still be appreciated. |
| Date Taken |
1982-03-30 |
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Canary Islands
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Canary Islands |
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This easterly looking view shows the seven major volcanic islands of the Canary Island chain (28.0N, 16.5W) and offers a unique view of the islands that have become a frequent vacation spot for Europeans. The northwest coastline of Africa, (Morocco and Western Sahara), is visible in the background. Frequently, these islands create an impact on local weather (cloud formations) and ocean currents (island wakes) as seen in this photo. |
| Date Taken |
1992-07-09 |
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Payload Bay and Great Wester
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Payload Bay and Great Western Sand Sea, Algeria, Africa |
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Patterns of yellow and orange dunes of the Great Western Sand Sea of Algeria (29.5N, 1.5W) contrast with the black folded sedimentary rocks in the central Sahara Desert. A small dry riverbed, along the line between the thick sands and the black rocks brings in sediment from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Southwest winds blow sand from the bed to form a thick sand sheet on the downwind side of the river to contrast with the thin upwind dune strips. |
| Date Taken |
1992-07-09 |
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View of the Columbia's aft s
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View of the Columbia's aft section while over Morocco's Atlantic Coast |
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Morocco's Atlantic coast is backdrop for view of the Columbia's aft section. The long remote manipulator system (RMS) is in a resting posture (lower right corner) stretched out along the 60-ft. long cargo bay. Many of the components of the OSS-1 payload package are in the bottom center, such as the Thermal Canister experiment (the box on the left side of the bay) and the Solar Flare X-Ray Polarimeter Experiment (round object below the Thermal Canister experiment). The mounds on either side of the tail are the pods for the orbital maneuvering system (OMS). |
| Date Taken |
1982-03-31 |
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STS-56 Earth observation of
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STS-56 Earth observation of the Strait of Gibraltar |
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STS-56 Earth observation taken aboard Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, is of the Strait of Gibraltar. A small bank of clouds marks the passage between Spain and Morocco at the western edge of the Mediterranean Sea. This passage, one of the two Pilars of Hercules of the Ancient Greeks, is now known as the Strait of Gibraltar. The cities of Cadiz on the Atlantic Coast of Spain and Malaga on the Mediterranean coast, as well as Tangier, Morocco (facing the strait), can be seen. According to NASA scientists studying the STS-56 photos, a subtle difference in the water color on the Atlantic side suggests that a pulse of surface water had recently flowed out of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic. |
| Date Taken |
1993-04-17 |
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Strait of Gibraltar as seen
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Strait of Gibraltar as seen from STS-58 |
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Atlantic water flowing with the tide throught the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean generates internal waves as depicted inthis photo. They can be seen in the Space Shuttle photo because of sunglint which reflects off the water. The Bay of Cadiz on the southwest coast of Spain, the Rock of Gibraltar, and Moroccan coast are also visible in this photo. |
| Date Taken |
1993-10-20 |
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Morocco and border of spain
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Morocco and border of spain as seen from STS-59 |
| Description |
The Atlantic Ocean, Straits of Gibraltar, and Alboran Sea (the westernmost portion of the Mediterranean Sea) separate Spain on the left from Morocco on the right. Algeciras Harbor is the prominent notch cut out of the eastern end of the north shore of the Strait, the Rock of Gibraltar is the tiny arrowhead that separates the notch from the Alboran Sea. The Sierra Nevada, farther away down the Spanish coast, lives up to its name in this April scene. The difference in elevation between the Sierra Morena and the Guadalquivir River valley is highlighted nicely by cumulus clouds. Tangier, Morocco can be seen as a light-toned spot on the southern shore of the Strait, near the entrance to the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Date Taken |
1994-04-14 |
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Strait of Gibraltar seen fro
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| Title |
Strait of Gibraltar seen from STS-66 |
| Description |
Swift currents flow through the Strait of Gibraltar, producing complicated patterns in the surface waters. Some of those patterns are highlighted in the sunglint in this photograph. The Mediterranian Sea is on the upper right, the Atlantic Ocean in in the lower left. Few features can be seen on the Mediterranian side, but current shears (straight lines coming off Spain), several sets of internal waves (impinging on the Spanish continental shelf) and ship wakes can be seen on the Atlantic side, west of Cadiz. Both Tangier and Cadiz show up in the sunglint as well. |
| Date Taken |
1994-11-14 |
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