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Earth observations taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 mission
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STS080-742-070 (19 Nov.-7 Dec. 1996) --- A view of the Tongue of the Ocean in the Bahama Islands east of Florida. The lines leading from the flat bottom of the Great Bahama Bank, leading into the Tongue, are caused by rapid transfer of ocean water caused by both temperature changes in the water and hurricanes that periodically cross the area. The water is about 30 feet deep on the Great Bahama Bank, and nearly a mile deep in the tongue.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineEarth observations taken from Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-80 mission. NASA/JSC, 1996-12-03. Public domain. ID: sts080-742-070.
