A erosion-control groyne stretches into the Gulf of Mexico from the Galveston, Texas, beach.
The sun rises on the Gulf of Mexico, as seen from a granite groyne along the Galveston, Texas, beach.
Gulf of Mexico waves splash over granite blocks acting as breakwaters along the Galveston, Texas, beach.
The first light of morning lights the sky somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico between the Texas Coast and the Yucatan Peninsula.