NASA Photo ID: SL4-139-4029        File Name: 10076378.jpg
Film Type: 70mm                    Date Taken: 01/10/74
Title: State of Florida as seen from Skylab
Description:
An oblique view of the State of Florida (26.5N, 81.5W), looking northward
up  the peninsula, as photographed from the Skylab space station in Earth
orbit  by one of the Skylab 4 crewmen. This view shows almost the entire
state,  except the panhandle region. The Bahama Banks area appears in the
southeast  part of the picture as the light blue water. Andros Island in
the Bahamas  group is the island in the lower right corner. The Gulfstream
flows between  Florida and the Bahama Banks. A portion of Cuba is seen in
the lower left  corner of the picture.              

Subject terms:
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
FLORIDA                                 
GULFS                                   
ISLANDS                                 
ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
PENINSULAS                              
PHOTOGRAPHY                             
SKYLAB 4                                
SKYLAB PROGRAM                          

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