Northern Gulf of Mexico from the ISS (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Northern Gulf of Mexico from the ISS

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The Sun lights up the Texas and Louisiana coast. According to researchers at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, the unique geology of the Gulf of Mexico has helped contribute to its success as an oil and gas producing 'super basin'.

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