NASA Photo ID: SL4-138-3760        File Name: 10076366.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 12/28/73
Title: View of northeastern Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas
Description:
An oblique view of northeastern Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas 
(26.0N,100.0W), as photographed from the Skylab space station by one of the 
Skylab 4 crewmen. Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains are in the
center  of the picture. The Gulf of Mexico is in the background. Note the
lakes on  the Rio Grande River. Monterrey is near the center of the
picture. Field  patterns in the lower Rio Grande Valley can easily be
identified. The stark,  linear roughness of the Sierra Madre Oriental
Mountains is the most prominent  feature.               

Subject terms:
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
FIELDS                                  
GULF OF MEXICO                          
MEXICO                                  
MOUNTAINS                               
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
RIVERS                                  
SKYLAB 4                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          
TEXAS                                   
VALLEYS                                 

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