NASA Photo ID: STS054-152-102      File Name: 10065487.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 01/19/93
  Title: Bahama Banks, Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas
  Description:
  Most of the Western Bahama Banks, the Tongue of the Ocean and Andros Island 
  (25.0N, 77.0W) as well as north central Cuba with its fringing reefs can be 
  seen in this one view.  The green water over the banks is less than 30 ft. 
  deep but the deep blue of the Tongue is 4000 to 6000 ft. deep.  All the 
  sediment on the banks, including the material that forms the islands, is 
  calcium carbonate (lime) precipitated from sea water by animals and plants.                  
  
  Subject terms:
  ATLANTIC OCEAN                          
  ATOLLS                                  
  BAHAMAS                                 
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  ISLANDS                                 
  OCEANS                                  
  REEFS                                   
  STS-54                                  
  

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