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NOAA's GOES-15 satellite captured the southern California "June Gloom" on June 10, 2013. That's a weather pattern that creates cloudy, overcast skies and cool temperatures. The "June Gloom" of low lying stratus clouds form over the ocean and can be pushed to coastal areas by wind. It usually happens off the west coast of California during the late spring and early summer. As for the "seam" of blue within the "June Gloom," it appears to be actinoform clouds, a seam in the marine stratocumulus aka "June Gloom" of southern California. Actinoform clouds and marine stratus in general are only marginally stable. Sometimes the cloud deck spontaneously dissolves along a line by drizzling out the moisture. This seam is an unusually long curve that is not identified with a coastline or a weather front. Dennis Chesters/Rob Gutro NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. REFERENCES <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinoform_cloud" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinoform_cloud</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Gloom" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Gloom</a> <b><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html" rel="nofollow">NASA image use policy.</a></b> <b><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html" rel="nofollow">NASA Goddard Space Flight Center</a></b> enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission. <b>Follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/NASA_GoddardPix" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a></b> <b>Like us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greenbelt-MD/NASA-Goddard/395013845897?ref=tsd" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a></b> <b>Find us on <a href="http://instagram.com/nasagoddard?vm=grid" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a></b>
This view shows the west coast of the United States and Mexico (32.5N, 118.0W) and gives an indication of the range of view from orbital altitude. The visual range of this particular scene is from Skammon's Lagoon on Baja to the northern tip of California's Central Valley and Sierra Nevada, a range of over 15 degrees of latitude. Coastal fog drapes over southern California and northern Baja California. White Sands, New Mexico is at far right center.
On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. These views were acquired by NASA Terra spacecraft.
This spaceborne radar image shows part of the vast Namib Sand Sea on the west coast of southern Africa, just northeast of the city of Luderitz, Namibia.
This image, captured by NASA Terra satellite on July 20, 2005, shows the dust cloud just off the west coast of Africa near Mauritania and Senegal.
In many parts of the world, wetlands are being converted to shrimp ponds in order to farm these crustaceans for food and sale. One example is on the west coast of Ecuador, south of Guayaquil. This image was acquired by NASA Terra spacecraft.
Nuuk or Gadthab is the capital and largest city of Greenland. It is located at the mouth of the Nuup Kangerlua inlet on the west coast of Greenland. This image was acquired August 2, 2004 by NASA Terra spacecraft.
Amanda, the first named storm of the 2014 hurricane season in the Americas, is seen off the west coast of Mexico in an image acquired on May 25 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer MODIS on NASA Aqua satellite.
Acquired by NASA Terra spacecraft, this image shows the west coast of Greenland, one of Earth premiere incubators for icebergs -- large blocks of land ice that break off from glaciers or ice shelves and float in the ocean.
This three-frequency spaceborne radar image shows the southern end of Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada. The white area in the lower right is the city of Victoria, the capital of the province of British Columbia.
The Alpine fault runs parallel to, and just inland of, much of the west coast of New Zealand South Island. This view was created from the near-global digital elevation model produced by NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SRTM.
ISS046e026252 (01/28/2016) --- NASA astronaut Tim Kopra aboard the International Space Station tweeted this night image of the west coast of America with the message: " Looking back at the west coast of #California before dawn.".
iss055e005471 (March 25, 2018) --- This view of Cuba looks from east to west and reaches the cities of Santiago de Cuba on its west coast and Havana on its east coast. The sun's glint is reflected off the Caribbean Sea on Cuba's southern coast.
Hutt Lagoon is an elongate lake, located in a dune swale adjacent to the coast of the Indian Ocean, in the mid west region of Western Australia. Port Gregory is located between the ocean and the lake's southern shore. Hutt Lagoon is a pink lake, due to the presence of an algae that produces beta-carotene. A microalgae production plant is the world's largest. The image was acquired September 30, 2012, covers an area of 16.5 by 18.3 km, and is locate at 28.1 degrees south, 114.2 degrees east. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA26510
New sea surface height measurements from NASA TOPEX/Poseidon satellite show that the sea level and temperature of the entire Pacific is out of balance, including a large area of abnormally cool water along the west coast of North America.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Folder lists this as: US West coast descending.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Folder lists this as: US West coast descending.
S63-06427 (15-16 May 1963) --- Burma's west coast, west of Rangoon and Irrawaddy River (right), are featured in this image photographed by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22-orbit Mercury Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA
This is a C-band, VV polarization radar image of the Namib desert in southern Namibia, near the coast of South West Africa. The image is centered at about 25 degrees South latitude, 15.5 degrees East longitude. This image was one of the first acquired by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) when it was taken on orbit 4 from the shuttle Endeavour on April 9, 1994. The area shown is approximately 78 kilometers by 20 kilometers. The dominant features in the image are complex sand dune patterns formed by the prevailing winds in this part of the Namib desert. The Namib desert is an extremely dry area formed largely because of the influence of the cold Benguela ocean current that flows northward along the coast of Namibia. The bright areas at the bottom of the image are exposed outcrops of Precambrian rocks. This extremely barren area is a region rich in diamonds that through the centuries have washed down from the mountains. The town of Luderitz is located just to the south of the area shown. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01720
iss059e027945 (April 20, 2019) --- The state of Florida, with the Gulf of Mexico on its east coast, the Atlantic Ocean on its west coast and the International Space Station's solar arrays in the foreground are pictured as the orbital complex flew 254 miles above Earth's surface.
California's NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center photographer Carla Thomas takes photos on January 31 of the rare opportunity to capture a supermoon, a blue moon and a lunar eclipse at the same time. A supermoon occurs when the Moon is closer to Earth in its orbit and appearing 14 percent brighter than usual. As the second full moon of the month, this moon is also commonly known as a blue moon, though it will not be blue in appearance. The super blue moon will pass through Earth's shadow and take on a reddish tint, known as a blood moon. This total lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and a full moon form a near-perfect lineup in space. The Moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow).
iss065e001304 (April 21, 2021) --- The south coast of West Nusa Tenggara, a province of Indonesia, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above the Indian Ocean.
iss067e382118 (Sept. 28, 2022) --- Hurricane Ian is pictured approaching the west coast of Florida as a category 4 storm. The International Space Station was orbiting 259 miles above the Gulf of Mexico at the time of this photograph.
iss070e098294 (Feb. 23, 2023) --- La Malinche, an inactive volcano just west of Mexico City, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited off the coast of the Mexican state of Veracruz and 259 miles abovbe the Bay of Campeche.
iss057e105417 (Nov. 24, 2018) --- The International Space Station was flying 257 miles above Western Australia when an Expedition 57 crew member photographed storm clouds on the west coast of the continent.
iss065e001270 (April 21, 2021) --- The north coast of West Nusa Tenggara, a province of Indonesia, on the Flores Sea is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above.
DC-8 NAMMA (NASA African Monson Multidisciplinary Analyses) MISSION TO CAPE VERDE, AFRICA Formation flight with the U.K's Meteorological Office's BAE-146 Research aircraft off the coast of West Africa
iss060e015838 (July 27, 2019) --- The SpaceX Dragon space freighter approaches the International Space Station as both spacecraft were orbiting 265 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Namibia.
iss059e122328 (June 23, 2019) --- Mount Shasta in California is pictured from the International Space Station as the orbital complex orbited 256 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the United States.
A scanning electron microscope captured this image of terresterial soil containing a phyllosilicate mineral from Koua Bocca, Ivory Coast, West Africa. This soil shares some similarities with Martian soil scooped by NASA Phoenix Lander.
iss067e382116 (Sept. 28, 2022) --- Hurricane Ian is pictured approaching the west coast of Florida as a category 4 storm. The International Space Station was orbiting 259 miles above the Gulf of Mexico at the time of this photograph.
Earth observation taken during day pass by an Expedition 36 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Per Twitter message: South American west coast.
Earth Observation taken during a night pass by the Expedition 40 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). File lists this as: small timelapse of US west coast at night (ISS040E010215 thru ISS040E010257).
iss057e105411 (Nov. 24, 2018) --- The International Space Station was flying 257 miles above Western Australia when an Expedition 57 crew member photographed Shark Bay and Sedimentary Deposits Reserve on the west coast of the continent.
iss071e230761 (June 27, 2024) --- The Saldanha Bay, part of South Africa's West Coast Narional Park Marine Preserve, leads into the Atlantic Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above.
Earth observation taken during a day pass by an Expedition 37 crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS). Identified via Twitter message as west central coast of Namibia.
iss064e036904 (Feb. 22, 2021) --- The Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman approaches the International Space Station as both spacecraft were orbiting 266 miles above the west coast of Australia.
iss063e025381 (June 7, 2020) --- Tropical Storm Cristobal is pictured from the International Space Station as it was nearing southeastern Louisiana. The orbiting lab was just off the coast of West Palm Beach, Florida, when this photograph was taken.
STS058-73-024 (18 Oct-1 Nov 1993) --- The ancient eruption of Vesuvius (the volcano near the center of the frame) destroyed the town of Pompeii located on its southeast flank. But the larger town of Naples, between Vesuvius (to the south) and the large, circular, lake-filled caldera of Campi Flegrei (to the west) also lives with the constant threat of volcanic hazards. In this view, Naples is the gray urban area with substantial coastal development just northwest of Vesuvius. Other landmarks marking the Italian coast include the small island of Capri, just off the west-pointing peninsula, and the city of Salerno on the coast just south of the same peninsula.
STS040-75-003 (5-14 June 1991) --- This image shows several of the Canary Islands, located in the North Atlantic Ocean just west of Africa. Low level stratus clouds often form here (and along the west coast of continents at these latitudes) are trapped in vertical movement due to an overlying atmospheric temperature inversion. The islands are generating disturbances in the low-level wind flow which is generally from the north-northeast or from top to bottom in the image. These disturbances travel downstream from the islands and manifest themselves as cloud swirls which are called von Karman vortices. The northern extent of a large dust storm moving off the coast of Africa is apparent at the lower right of the image. The dust, extended across the Atlantic Ocean as far west as the Dominican Republic later in the mission.
NASA Aqua spacecraft captured this infrared image of the first of a series of storms approaching the Pacific Northwest at 2141 UTC 1:41 p.m. PST on Nov. 28, 2012, marking the beginning of an atmospheric river event.
AS08-16-2593 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- A striking view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft showing nearly the entire Western Hemisphere, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, including nearby Newfoundland, extending to Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America. Central America is clearly outlined. Nearly all of South America is covered by clouds, except the high Andes Mountain chain along the west coast. A small portion of the bulge of West Africa shows along the sunset terminator.
STS082-746-059 (11-21 Feb. 1997) --- The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is seen during its separation from the Space Shuttle Discovery at a point over the Indian Ocean. Center coordinates of the area pictured are located at 90 degrees west longitude and at the "bottom of the orbit", at 28.5 degrees south latitude, that is, about 1,500 miles west of the Australian coast. The photo was taken in the early afternoon and the sun is high.
This is a space radar image of the area around the Unzen volcano, on the west coast of Kyushu Island in southwestern Japan. Unzen, which appears in this image as a large triangular peak with a white flank near the center of the peninsula, has been continuously active since a series of powerful eruptions began in 1991. The image was acquired by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on its 93rd orbit on April 15, 1994. The image shows an area 41.5 kilometers by 32.8 kilometers (25.7 miles by 20.3 miles) that is centered at 32.75 degrees north latitude and 130.15 degrees east longitude. North is toward the upper left of the image. The radar illumination is from the top of the image. The colors in this image were obtained using the following radar channels: red represents the L-band (vertically transmitted and received); green represents the average of L-band and C-band (vertically transmitted and received); blue represents the C-band (vertically transmitted and received). Unzen is one of 15 "Decade" volcanoes identified by the scientific community as posing significant potential threats to large local populations. The city of Shimabara sits along the coast at the foot of Unzen on its east and northeast sides. At the summit of Unzen a dome of thick lava has been growing continuously since 1991. Collapses of the sides of this dome have generated deadly avalanches of hot gas and rock known as pyroclastic flows. Volcanologists can use radar image data to monitor the growth of lava domes, to better understand and predict potentially hazardous collapses. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00504
iss069e053745 (August 3, 2023) -- The South Bay Salt Ponds in the city of Newark, California show their vivid red and yellow-orange colors that primarily come from the microorganisms and brine shrimp in the waters. More than 16,500 acres are part of a restoration project— the largest in the West Coast—that includes pollution reduction, habitat expansion, and flood control. Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg captured this image as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above the coast of the Bay Area.
ISS002-E-5469 (13 April 2001) --- The Atlantic Coast of parts of southern Florida was captured with a digital still camera by one of the Expedition Two crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Among recognizable points are Palm Beach, West Palm Beach (near center frame), the Indian River (near the coast) and Lake Okeechobee (top center). This was one of a series of images of southern Florida that were captured by the Expedition Two crew on April 13, 2001.
A view of the Pacific coast at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. At the West Coast launch site, the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, spacecraft is being prepared for liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket. Built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, JPSS is the first in a series four next-generation environmental satellites in a collaborative program between the NOAA and NASA. Liftoff is scheduled to take place from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 2.
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- The air field at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Vandenberg Air Force Base has a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters such as the Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur, Atlas V and Delta IV. Photo credit: NASA_Cory Huston
art001e002202 (Dec. 8, 2022) On flight day 23 of NASA’s Artemis I mission, Orion’s solar array wing camera looked back at the Moon as the spacecraft continued its journey back to Earth ahead of a splashdown off the west coast of North America on Dec. 11.
iss072e399016 (Dec. 19, 2024) --- The city lights of Florida's southern Atlantic coast, with Miami at the bottom and West Palm Beach at the top, are pictured about 4:07 a.m. local time from the International Space Station as it orbited 256 miles above.
ISS046e034177 (02/05/2016) --- This image of a portion of the Mexican coastal area was taken by crew members aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Tim Kopra tweeted out this comment with the image " Nice #beach town! #Mazatlan on the west coast of @Mexico - 21 km boardwalk. #Explore ".
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a lake near Kennedy Space Center, a pair of Roseate Spoonbills search the water for food. They obtain food by sweeping their broad bills from side to side. This species inhabits mangroves, ranging from the coasts of southern Florida and Texas (sometimes Louisiana), the West Indies, Mexico and Central and South America.
iss064e023038 (Jan. 14, 2021) --- The brightly-lit west coast of the mountainous island nation of Taiwan is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited due north 261 miles above the East China Sea. Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, is at the far left of this image.
STS061-93-031 (4 Dec 1993) --- Part of the vast Indian Ocean forms the backdrop for this scene of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) as it approaches the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Denham Sound and Shark Bay, on Australia's west coast, are just below the waiting mechanical arm at lower right corner.
ISS002-E-7652 (22 June 2001) --- Almost a full length view of mainland Italy, with Corsica visible off the west (left) coast, was captured with a digital still camera by an Expedition Two crew member aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
The illustration above shows sea levels off the coasts of Peru and Ecuador on Aug. 12, 2023, and Oct. 3, 2023. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite collected the ocean data during its operational phase, which began in late July. The red and orange colors represent sea levels that are higher than average (units are in meters), while green and blue indicate sea levels that are lower than average. The SWOT data shows some of the development of an El Niño along the west coast of the Americas. The SWOT science team made the measurements using the spacecraft's Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn) instrument. With two antennas spread 33 feet (10 meters) apart on a boom, KaRIn produces a pair of data swaths (tracks visible in the animation) as it circles the globe, bouncing radar pulses off the water's surface to collect surface-height measurements. Launched on Dec. 16, 2022, from Vandenberg Space Force Base in central California, SWOT is now in its operations phase, measuring the height of nearly all water on Earth's surface. The satellite will provide one of the most detailed, comprehensive views yet of the planet's oceans and fresh water lakes and rivers, collecting data that will be used for research and other purposes. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA26181
MISR carries nine cameras fixed at different angles, each of which viewed Michael over the course of approximately seven minutes when it was just off Florida's west coast on Tuesday, October 9. Images from the nine views are used to calculate the height of the cloud tops, and the motion of the clouds between the views provides information on wind speed and direction. This composite image shows the view from the central, downward-pointing camera (left), the calculated cloud-top heights (middle), and wind velocity vectors (right) superimposed on the image. The length of the arrows is proportional to wind speed and the colors show the altitude of the cloud tops in kilometers. The National Hurricane Center clocked Michael's sustained wind speed at 150 mph (240 kph) just before noon local time on Wednesday. It is expected to bring strong winds, storm surge and heavy rain to much of the southeast. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22750
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Two roseate spoonbills hunt for their supper in the water near KSC. Spoonbills prefer to inhabit mangroves, ranging from the coasts of southern Florida, Louisiana and Texas, to the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. They feed on shrimps and fish in shallow waters. Spoonbills are one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the National Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A roseate spoonbill flies across the water near KSC. Spoonbills prefer to inhabit mangroves, ranging from the coasts of southern Florida, Louisiana and Texas, to the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. They feed on shrimps and fish in shallow waters. Spoonbills are one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the National Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A roseate spoonbill contemplates its reflection in the water near KSC. Spoonbills prefer to inhabit mangroves, ranging from the coasts of southern Florida, Louisiana and Texas, to the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. They feed on shrimps and fish in shallow waters. Spoonbills are one of 310 species of birds that inhabit the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with KSC. The marshes and open water of the refuge also provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl, as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds.
ISS008-E-18202 (8 March 2004) --- This image featuring a Saharan dust outbreak was taken by an Expedition 8 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS) from a position about 1400 kilometers off the coast of Mauritania (about 600 kilometers west of the Cape Verde Islands in the tropical Atlantic Ocean). Looking northwest, this image shows the dusty Saharan air mass in the lower third of the view, with clear air beyond a marked northeast-trending boundary. The dust is blowing west-southwest, parallel to the front, a common trajectory during northern winters. The width of the dust column was about 1800 kilometers, of which 200 kilometers only are seen here (right).
ISS026-E-015765 (6 Jan. 2011) --- Newfoundland and clouds over the North Atlantic Ocean share a scene with a Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station in this 35-mm focal length photograph recorded by one of the Expedition 26 crew members from 220 miles above Earth. The nadir point is 51.1 degrees north latitude and 50.4 degrees west longitude off the coast of Newfoundland. Looking southwestward, in the lower right hand corner, above the solar panel is the south coast of the island. The sun glint on the ocean’s surface outlines the islands (with the small hook-like appearance) of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
ISS023-E-044611 (16 May 2010) --- Flying above the Atlantic coast of Spain and the Gulf of Cadiz, the space shuttle Atlantis is shown making its relative approach to the International Space Station, from which this photo was taken. The tip of a Russian spacecraft, temporarily docked to the orbital outpost can be seen at top center. The coast includes the city of Ayamonte (left of image as photographed), past Huelva (under Atlantis), past the sand dunes, the Rio Guadalquivir, to the city of Rota. Center point coordinates of the area pictured in the image are 37.3 degrees north latitude and 6.7 degrees west longitude. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ISS015-E-14392 (26 June 2007) --- This nadir view from the International Space Station, photographed at 11:43 GMT on June 26, 2007, shows a weak low pressure area off the coast of Morocco, just south of Agadir (out of frame), near the Oued Massa River at about 30 degrees north latitude and 9.5 degrees west longitude. A low pressure area like this can be caused either by the winds forming an eddy due to some land feature or a heat low has drifted off the coast.
STS071-701-098 (27 June-7 July 1995) --- This wide-angle, west-looking view shows all of California, from the Los Angeles basin (left, at the coast), to the Oregon border (far right). A large cloud mass occupies the Pacific Ocean all the way to the horizon. The effect of interaction between the land and sea can be seen by the cloud patterns at the coast. San Francisco lies in the bay where clouds penetrate inland farthest (right of center). The central valley of California stands out very well as a cigar-shaped feature across the center of view - green in the middle, surrounded by a brown line, with dark green (forests) surrounding that.
ISS040-E-089959 (8 Aug. 2014) --- King Sound on the northwest coast of Australia is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 40 crew member on the International Space Station. The Fitzroy River, one of Australia's largest, empties into the Sound, a large gulf in Western Australia (approximately 120 kilometers long). King Sound has the highest tides in Australia, in the range of 11-12 meters, the second highest in the world after the Bay of Fundy on the east coast of North America. The strong brown smudge at the head of the Sound contrasts with the clearer blue water along the rest of the coast. This is mud stirred up by the tides and also supplied by the Fitzroy River. The bright reflection point of the sun obscures the blue water of the Indian Ocean (top left). Just to the west of the Sound, thick plumes of wildfire smoke, driven by northeast winds, obscure the coastline. A wide field of “popcorn cumulus” clouds (right) is a common effect of daily heating of the ground surface.
STS083-749-084 (4-8 April 1997) --- Laguna Oja De Liebre, Baja, gray whale breeding ground Laguna Oja De Liebre, Baja (Scammons Lagoon) is located on the west coast in the plains of the central Baja. This lagoon and others like it along the Baja coast are used for breeding grounds for the gray whale. One group of gray whales inhabits the Sea of Okhotsk in summer, migrating south in winter then breed off southern Korea. The other summers in the Bering and Chukchi seas and travels south to winter breeding grounds along the coast of Baja California. The gray whale was hunted almost to extinction by 1925 but was placed under complete international protection and since the 1940s has increased in numbers. The white grids seen in the photo are commercial salt ponds.
iss061e150257 (Jan. 31, 2020) --- The Cygnus space freighter from Northrop Grumman is pictured moments after its release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm as the International Space Station orbited over the South Pacific just off the West Coast of Chile. Cygnus had completed an 88-day stay attached to the Unity module after delivering nearly 8,200 pounds of research and supplies to the space station on Nov. 4, 2019.
STS093-708-037 (23-27 July 1999) --- Sunset paints the ocean and low clouds with brilliant color and shadow just off the eastern coast of Brazil in the western South Atlantic in this photo from the Space Shuttle Columbia's 35th orbit. Since one orbit of the shuttle around the Earth only takes 90 minutes, every 45 minutes the astronauts can witness a sunrise or sunset. The shuttle was flying at a point located over 1.4 degrees north latitude and 26.9 west longitude.
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- The air traffic control tower for the 30th Space Wing air field at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Vandenberg Air Force Base has a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters such as the Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur, Atlas V and Delta IV. Photo credit: NASA_Cory Huston
Comprised of students from Cocoa Beach, Rockledge, Viera and Space Coast high schools, the robotics group known as the "Pink Team," its mentors and support personnel celebrated a successful season near the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on April 5. The Pink Team fared well in the two regionals it competed in this year in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Railroad tracks run along the shoreline east of Launch Pads 39A and 39B, seen in the background. North of Launch Pad 39B, the tracks turn west, passing the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility and heading through the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge until joining the East Coast Railway north of Titusville, Fla.
S114-E-5557 (28 July 2005) --- Japanese Aerospace Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves as he and his six STS-114 crewmates prepare to ingress the international space station for several days of joint activities. Earlier on this third flight day for the STS-114 crewmembers the Space Shuttle Discovery and the Space Station linked up over southern the Pacific Ocean west of the South American coast.
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- The air traffic control tower for the 30th Space Wing air field at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Vandenberg Air Force Base has a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters such as the Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur, Atlas V and Delta IV. Photo credit: NASA_Cory Huston
ISS037-E-011232 (14 Oct. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 37 flight engineer, like all International Space Station inhabitants, enjoys time in the Cupola, which affords the most broad views of Earth. "Behind" Hopkins can be seen the northern coast of Brazil, including the Acarau River delta in the state of Ceara, just west of the city of Fortaleza (out of frame).
ISS023-E-044528 (16 May 2010) --- Flying above coastal dunes along the Brazilian coast, the space shuttle Atlantis is shown making its relative approach to the International Space Station, from which this photo was taken. The city of Rutoia is close to the bay near the center of the image and the sandy meanders of the Rio Parnaiba. Center point coordinates of the image are 2.9 degrees south latitude and 42.2 degrees west longitude. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
STS103-301-016 (19 - 27 December 1999)---From Discovery's altitude of 330 nautical miles, nearly all of Florida and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico as far west as New Orleans are visible in this image. Parts of the shuttle's structure are visible at the bottom of the image, including the right wing, one of the orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods, and the vertical stabilizer.
ISS037-E-001811 (20 Sept. 2013) --- One of three Expedition 37 crew members aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 20 photographed this night image showing parts of the New Jersey-New York area of the Atlantic coast. Long Island, NY is a tell-tale identifier near right center as it juts out into the Atlantic, with Long Island Sound to its west. The New York metropolitan area is largely visible in the center of the frame, with parts of New Jersey at left.
S130-E-012451 (20 Feb. 2010) --- The empty cargo bay and the aft portion of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Endeavour are featured in this image photographed by an STS-130 crew member from inside the spacecraft?s crew cabin. The view is toward the west across southern Africa to the Atlantic ocean. The view follows along the Orange River, which also serves as the border between Namibia (to the right of the river) and South Africa (to the left of the river) nearer to the coast.
Mackinac Island, Michigan, is a small island off the northern coast of Lake Huron. What makes it special is that all cars and motor vehicles were banned in 1900 from the 3.8-sq-island, home to 600 year-round residents. Each year over 1 million tourists visit the island to enjoy its peace and tranquility. The scene was acquired August 9, 2021 , covers an area of 13.8 by 21.3 km, and is located at 45.8 degrees north, 84.6 degrees west. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA26621
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- The air traffic control tower for the 30th Space Wing air field at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Vandenberg Air Force Base has a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters such as the Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur, Atlas V and Delta IV. Photo credit: NASA_Cory Huston
Comprised of students from Cocoa Beach, Rockledge, Viera and Space Coast high schools, the robotics group known as the "Pink Team," its mentors and support personnel celebrated a successful season near the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on April 5. The Pink Team fared well in the two regionals it competed in this year in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
Every spring almost 100,000 seabirds come to the small island of Handa, off Scotland's northwest coast. A short ferry ride takes visitors to one of the largest breeding colonies in Europe. Species include guillemots, great skuas, razorbills and puffins. The image was acquired July 2, 2021, covers an area of 15.2 by 16.9 km, and is located at 58.4 degrees north, 5.2 degrees west. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA26391
The Yukon River Delta (along with the Kuskokwim River) is one of the largest in the world. Emptying into the Bering Sea on the west coast of Alaska, it is over 130,000 square kilometers in size. The combined delta has about 25,000 Alaska Native residents. The image was acquired May 10, 2017, covers an area of 60 by 60 km, and is located at 62.9 degrees north, 164.3 degrees east. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA25124
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- The air traffic control tower for the 30th Space Wing air field at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Vandenberg Air Force Base has a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters such as the Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur, Atlas V and Delta IV. Photo credit: NASA_Cory Huston
iss071e001438 (April 8, 2024) -- During the 2024 solar eclipse, four NASA astronauts and three Roscosmos cosmonauts had the opportunity to view the celestial event from the unique vantage point of the International Space Station. Pictured here by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick is the Sun as the orbital complex orbited 257 miles off the west coast of Mexico.
The Lockheed Viking S-3B aircraft is being pulled out of the hangar at Glenn Research Center in preparation for its departure and retirement from service. This former NAVY aircraft was the last such aircraft still flying. It has gone to a museum on the west coast. After leaving service with the NAVY, it came to GRC to be used in aircraft icing experiments. The swept wings made it suitable for such research as opposed to the straight wings on GRG’s other icing research aircraft, the De Havilland Twin Otter.
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- The air traffic control tower for the 30th Space Wing air field at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Vandenberg Air Force Base has a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters such as the Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur, Atlas V and Delta IV. Photo credit: NASA_Cory Huston
S115-E-06775 (17 Sept. 2006) --- This image of greater San Diego, Calif., was photographed by one of the STS-115 crewmembers aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. California's lower Pacific Coast can be seen in the south (top) part of the photo, which covers an area east to west from Tijuana, Mexico at far left, almost to Oceanside, just out of frame at right. Other points that can be easily delineated include La Jolla, Interstates 8 and 15 and Torre Pines.
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- The air traffic control tower for the 30th Space Wing air field at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Vandenberg Air Force Base has a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters such as the Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur, Atlas V and Delta IV. Photo credit: NASA_Cory Huston
ISS037-E-001802 (20 Sept. 2013) --- One of three Expedition 37 crew members aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 20 photographed this night image showing parts of the New Jersey-New York-Connecticut area of the Atlantic coast. Long Island, NY is a tell-tale identifier near right center as it juts out into the Atlantic, with Long Island Sound to its west. The New York metropolitan area is largely visible in the bottom center of the frame, with parts of New Jersey at left and parts of Connecticut at right.
STS103-728-035 (19-27 December 1999) --- One of the astronauts aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery used a handheld 70mm camera to photograph this scene of the Kennedy Space Center, Florida and its environs. The old launch pads dot the "V" shaped land (Cape Canaveral) along the coast. On Merritt Island the Shuttle launch pads and runway are visible. The large city surrounded by circular lakes to the west of Cape Canaveral is Orlando.
Comprised of students from Cocoa Beach, Rockledge, Viera and Space Coast high schools, the robotics group known as the "Pink Team," its mentors and support personnel celebrated a successful season near the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on April 5. The Pink Team fared well in the two regionals it competed in this year in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
ISS037-E-002604 (25 Sept. 2013) --- One of the Expedition 37 crew members aboard the International Space Station took this night photograph on Sept. 25 featuring the northern California region including San Francisco and San Francisco Bay on the west coast, San Jose to the southeast, Modesto and Stockton near the Sierra Nevada to the east, and Oakland to the northeast. Several other cities and communities can be delineated, as well.
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- The air traffic control tower for the 30th Space Wing air field at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Vandenberg Air Force Base has a mission of placing satellites into polar orbit from the West Coast, using expendable boosters such as the Pegasus, Taurus, Minotaur, Atlas V and Delta IV. Photo credit: NASA_Cory Huston
The STS-28 insignia was designed by the astronaut crew, who said it portrays the pride the American people have in their manned spaceflight program. It depicts America (the eagle) guiding the space program (the Space Shuttle) safely home from an orbital mission. The view looks south on Baja California and the west coast of the United States as the space travelers re-enter the atmosphere. The hypersonic contrails created by the eagle and Shuttle represent the American flag. The crew called the simple boldness of the design symbolic of America's unfaltering commitment to leadership in the exploration and development of space.
The Lockheed Viking S-3B aircraft was parked for re-fulling out near the hangar at Glenn Research Center in preparation for its departure and retirement from service. This former NAVY aircraft was the last such aircraft still flying. It has gone to a museum on the west coast. After leaving service with the NAVY, it came to GRC to be used in aircraft icing experiments. Tree branches frame the tail of this old war bird in front of the glass windows of the hangar door.
STS061-48-001 (9 Dec 1993) --- Orbiting Earth at an altitude of 356 nautical miles perched atop a foot restraint on the Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, astronauts F. Story Musgrave (top) and Jeffrey A. Hoffman wrap up the final of five Extravehicular Activities (EVA). The west coast of Australia forms the backdrop for the 35mm frame.
ISS029-E-005343 (16 Sept. 2011) --? One of the Expedition 29 crew members aboard the International Space Station, approximately 220 miles above Earth, took this night time picture showing clouds, lightning, airglow, Earth's terminator and lights of civilization along the central west coast of Africa. Nadir coordinates are 9.04 degrees south latitude and 10.18 degrees east longitude.