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.
Image Credit: NASA
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