Earth  ID: 2010

Landsat 7 Looks at Banks

Visualizations by Stuart A. Snodgrass Released on October 23, 2000
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.

Visualization Credits

Stuart A. Snodgrass (GST): Lead Animator
Serge Andrefouet (University of South Florida): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Landsat

Data Used:
Landsat-7/ETM+
1999, 2000
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This item is part of this series:
Landsat 7 Coral Reefs

Goddard TV Tape:
G2000-097

Keywords:
SVS >> Atolls
SVS >> Banks
SVS >> Barriers
DLESE >> Biological oceanography
SVS >> Coral Reefs
NASA Science >> Earth