CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A pelican is silhouetted against the rosy dawn sky as morning fog floats over the turn basin at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy is surrounded by water: the Banana River, Banana Creek, Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean, all of which provide scenes of beauty and nature that contrast with the high technology and power of the center. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Rising higher in the morning sky, the sun puts a glow on the fog rising from the turn basin at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A pelican has a front row seat for the spectacle. Kennedy is surrounded by water: the Banana River, Banana Creek, Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean, all of which provide scenes of beauty and nature that contrast with the high technology and power of the center. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The fog clears from the turn basin as the morning sky turns blue over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A pelican has a front row seat for the spectacle. Kennedy is surrounded by water: the Banana River, Banana Creek, Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean, all of which provide scenes of beauty and nature that contrast with the high technology and power of the center. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The sun rising over the Launch Complex 39 Area turn basin at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida casts a brilliant flame in the water. At right is the U.S. flag on the grounds of the NASA News Center. Kennedy is surrounded by water: the Banana River, Banana Creek, Indian River Lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean, all of which provide scenes of beauty and nature that contrast with the high technology and power of the center. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky