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Strait of Gibraltar seen from STS-66
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Strait of Gibraltar seen from STS-66

NASA / JSC · 1994-11-14 · photograph (digital archive)

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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.

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GIBRALTARSPAINMOROCCOATLANTIC OCEANEARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)STS-66ATLANTIS (ORBITER)MEDITERRANIAN SEA
Credit lineStrait of Gibraltar seen from STS-66. NASA/JSC, 1994-11-14. Public domain. ID: sts066-98-078.
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