Nighttime Image of Texas Cities
One
of the Expedition 36 crew members aboard the International Space
Station, some 240 miles above Earth, used a 50mm lens to record this
oblique nighttime image of a large part of the nation’s second largest
state in area, including the four largest metropolitan areas in
population. The extent of the metropolitan areas is easily visible at
night due to city and highway lights.
The largest metro area, Dallas-Fort Worth, often referred to
informally as the Metroplex, is the heavily cloud-covered area at the
top center of the photo. Neighboring Oklahoma, on the north side of the
Red River, less than 100 miles to the north of the Metroplex, appears to
be experiencing thunderstorms. The Houston metropolitan area, including
the coastal city of Galveston, is at lower right. To the east near the
Texas border with Louisiana, the metropolitan area of Beaumont-Port
Arthur appears as a smaller blotch of light, also hugging the coast of
the Texas Gulf. Moving inland to the left side of the picture one can
delineate the San Antonio metro area. The capital city of Austin can be
seen to the northeast of San Antonio.
Guillermo Gonzalo Sánchez Achutegui
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