Posted on 01/10/2007 10:34:52 AM PST by cogitator
Gibraltar Bay from the Space Station:
From the top:
As an aside, the other "Pillar of Hercules" is Monte Hacho, in Ceuta, a "Spanish enclave in North Africa". Monte Hacho is not as imposing as Gibraltar. It's the hill overlooking the harbor in the picture below.
However, the alternate Pillar is Jebel Musa (in Morocco, not the Sinai Peninsula!). I like this one. The picture is Jebel Musa viewed from Gibraltar. I think the key difference is that Monte Hacho is owned by Spain and Jebel Musa isn't.
(internal wave packet in the Straits of Gibraltar imaged with radar; Ceuta is on the peninsula projecting westward; I'm guessing that Jebel Musa is on the coast that runs parallel to the Straits)
** ping **
Wish I was there! Thanks.
Nice photo's.
I think most people think Gib is right at the point, but it's back a little bit, and shares the harbor with the Spanish - that caused problems in WWII since Spain was a (nominal) German ally.
Close enough for its guns to close the Straits.
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