Photo: Tongue of the Ocean As Seen From Orbit

The “Tongue of the Ocean” and several of the 2700 islands in the Bahamas chain and part of peninsular Florida, including Cape Canaveral, the location of the Kennedy Space Center, are easily recognized in this scene photographed by one of the STS-135 crewmembers while Atlantis was docked with the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA S135-E-007488 (12 July 2011) — high res (1.6 M) low res (102 K)

The “Tongue of the Ocean” and several of the 2700 islands in the Bahamas chain and part of peninsular Florida, including Cape Canaveral, the location of the Kennedy Space Center, are easily recognized in this scene photographed by one of the STS-135 crewmembers while Atlantis was docked with the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA S135-E-007488 (12 July 2011) — high res (1.6 M) low res (102 K)