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Houston, Texas, SIR-C / X-SAR Image

Image of Houston, Texas obtained by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) flying aboard the space shuttle Endeavor. Central Houston appears pink and white in the upper portion of the image, outlined and crisscrossed by freeways. The pink areas designate urban development while the green-and blue-patterned areas are agricultural fields. Black areas are bodies of water, including Galveston Bay along the right edge and the Gulf of Mexico at the bottom of the image. Interstate 45 runs from top to bottom through the image. The narrow island at the bottom of the image is Galveston Island, with the city of Galveston at its northeast (right) end. The dark cross in the upper center of the image is Hobby Airport. Ellington Air Force Base is visible below Hobby on the other side of Interstate 45. Clear Lake is the dark body of water in the middle right of the image. The green square just north of Clear Lake is Johnson Space Center, home of Mission Control and the astronaut training facilities. The black rectangle with a white center that appears to the left of the city center is the Houston Astrodome.

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Title: Houston, Texas, SIR-C / X-SAR Image

Caption: Image of Houston, Texas obtained by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) flying aboard the space shuttle Endeavor. Central Houston appears pink and white in the upper portion of the image, outlined and crisscrossed by freeways. The pink areas designate urban development while the green-and blue-patterned areas are agricultural fields. Black areas are bodies of water, including Galveston Bay along the right edge and the Gulf of Mexico at the bottom of the image. Interstate 45 runs from top to bottom through the image. The narrow island at the bottom of the image is Galveston Island, with the city of Galveston at its northeast (right) end. The dark cross in the upper center of the image is Hobby Airport. Ellington Air Force Base is visible below Hobby on the other side of Interstate 45. Clear Lake is the dark body of water in the middle right of the image. The green square just north of Clear Lake is Johnson Space Center, home of Mission Control and the astronaut training facilities. The black rectangle with a white center that appears to the left of the city center is the Houston Astrodome.

Category: SCIENCE • Geology & Fossils

Credit: Album / Science Source / NASA/JPL

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Image size: 1494 × 2665 px | 11.4 MB

Print size: 12.6 × 22.6 cm | 588.2 × 1049.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY • AERIAL • ASTRODOME • CLEAR LAKE • ELLINGTON AIR FORCE BASE • ENDEAVOUR IMAGE • GALVESTON BAY • GALVESTON ISLAND • GALVESTON • GEOGRAFIA • GEOGRAPHY • GEOLOGY & FOSSILS • GULF OF MEXICO • HOBBY AIRPORT • HOUSTON ASTRODOME • HOUSTON • INTERSTATE 45 • JOHNSON SPACE CENTER • MISSION CONTROL • RADAR IMAGE • RADAR-C / X-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR • SATELLITE IMAGE • SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY • SCI • SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WISSENSCHAFT SCI • SCIENCE • SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY • SCIENCE_AND_TECHNOLOGY WISSENSCHAFT SCI • SIR-C / X-SAR IMAGE • SIR-C / X-SAR • SPACE SHUTTLE IMAGE • SPACEBORNE IMAGING • TEXAS • TOPOGRAPHY