Ahh.. The Gulf of Mexico.....at times, it's wonderful...soooo many lights up there...uncountable !
Ah yah...we all know the Gulf !
I hope @Polymath257 won't mind a digression into the arts, which I think is appropriate when considering the heavens, as star-gazing is often an inspirational or spiritual experience. And if you saw Shatner's comment to Bezos after he returned to earth, it was clearly a spiritual experience for him.
I'm not sure what you're saying, mud, but there's a Grateful Dead song you reminded me of called Standing On The Moon, in which the singer is looking down at earth below and is singing to somebody he misses there. As he surveys the terrestrial landscape from the moon, he notes
I see the gulf of Mexico
As tiny as a tear
The coast of California
Must be somewhere over here
If you're interested, it's quite a beautiful and poignant song. In the end, after reporting the metal flag in crimson, white, and indigo standing stiffly beside him, that someone planted long ago, he tells her,
I would rather be with you
Somewhere in San Francisco
On a back porch in July
Just looking up to heaven
At this crescent in the sky
Take a listen if you like. It's got a nostalgic feeling similar to Rocket Man (I miss the Earth so much I miss my wife; it's lonely out in space) and Space Oddity (And I think my spaceship knows which way to go; tell my wife I love her very much she knows) - so far away, so alone: