Landsat 7 Looks at Banks
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The different shades in these images highlight various features specific to each coral colony. Patches of bright red show places where coral reefs are actively populated with living organisms.
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But over time, while the surrounding ocean wears
away the main body of the island, the coral ring remains.
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Coral forms off shore from volcanic islands in
tropical latitudes.
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developing a barrier reef thats separated by a
growing lagoon.
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| Animation Number: | 2010 |
| Animator: | Stuart A. Snodgrass (Lead) |
| Studio: | SVS |
| Completed: | 2000-10-23 |
| Scientist: | Serge Andrefouet (University of South Florida) |
| Instrument: | Landsat-7/ETM+ |
| Data Collected: | 1999, 2000 |
| Series: | Landsat 7 Coral Reefs |
| Video: | SVS2000-0019 * |
| Goddard TV Tape: | G2000-097 |
Keywords:
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>> Atolls
SVS
>> Banks
SVS
>> Barriers
DLESE
>> Biological oceanography
SVS
>> Coral Reefs
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio |
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