Upper reaches of the Bay of Fundy from space. Picture taken by a crew member on the ISS.
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After passing over North America, a crew member aboard the International Space Station looked back at the coastline and took this photograph of one of the world’s most famous bays. The image shows the upper 54 kilometers (33 miles) of the 220 kilometer-long (140 mile) Bay of Fundy, site of the highest vertical tidal range on the planet.
The city of Moncton sits alongside the brown Petitcodiac River—also known as the Chocolate River. Other light-toned areas are agricultural fields that contrast with the dark greens of forests. The photo also shows the line of the Trans-Canada Highway, which connects two of Canada’s Maritime Provinces—New Brunswick and Nova Scotia—to the Pacific Coast.
The narrowing of the Bay of Fundy has the effect of increasing the height of the tide, such that the highest tides are measured at Shepody Bay at the inland end of Fundy. A rise of 14 meters (46 feet) is common.
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From the NASA website.
All very nice, but on the photo, they placed Amherst where Sackville is. Still, not a bad write up by NASA on our part of the world.......