The first light of morning begins to light the Texas Gulf Coast’s Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier and adjacent beach.
The aircraft carrier USS Lexington—now a museum ship in Corpus Christi, Texas—is illuminated by the rising sun over Corpus Christi Bay.
The Gulf of Mexico crashes against granite rocks and blocks at the base of the Galveston Seawall, Texas.
The branches of a tree are silhouetted by dramatic morning clouds in McKinney, Texas.
The lights of distant ships dot the Gulf of Mexico horizon as the sun begins to rise on the Port Aransas, Texas, beach.