AS09-23-3561

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Image Caption: Hand-held, color; Lubbock and surrounding eastern edge of the southern Plains.

GEOGRAPHY/CARTOGRAPHY: TEXAS, LUBBOCK, BROWNFIELD.
GEOLOGY/HYDROLOGY: SEDIMENTARY PLAIN.
AGRICULTURE: VERY INTENSIVE CULTIVATION. FIELD PATTERN CLEARLY DISCERNIBLE.
METEOROLOGY: CUMULUS, ALTO-CUMULUS, STRATO-CUMULUS.


Near vertical view of the Lubbock area in west Texas as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its earth-orbital mission. Conspicuous patterns of farmland surround the city and extend eastward (up) to the Caprock Escarpment. The Double Mountain fork of the Brazos River drains east (toward upper center); Leeland is at lower center; Brownfield at lower right. The sharp edge of a cloud disk cuts across the upper right corner.