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View of the Straits of Gibra …
Title View of the Straits of Gibraltar from Gemini 5
Description 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
Strait of Gibraltar
Title Strait of Gibraltar
Description 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
Strait of Gibraltar
Title 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
Area of Spanish Sahara, Maur …
Title Area of Spanish Sahara, Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco as seen from Gemini 10
Description 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
Gibraltar, Spain, Portugal, …
Title Gibraltar, Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Atlantic Ocean as seen from Gemini 10
Description 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
Straits of Gibralter, Medite …
Title 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
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
STS-56 Earth observation of …
Title STS-56 Earth observation of the Strait of Gibraltar
Description 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
Strait of Gibraltar as seen …
Title Strait of Gibraltar as seen from STS-58
Description 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
Morocco and border of spain …
Title 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
Strait of Gibraltar seen fro …
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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