US1 Flyover of the Florida Keys
The structure and extent of coral reefs can now, for the first time, be monitored globally, thanks to new observations from NASA's Landsat 7 spacecraft. Detailed images of reefs from nearly 900 locations around the world have been collected in the first year of the Landsat 7 mission.
Highway U.S. 1 in Florida, built on Coral Reefs. Here is a
MPEG of the Animation.

Highway U.S. 1 in Florida, built on Coral Reefs. Here is
Bay Point.

Highway U.S. 1 in Florida, built on Coral Reefs. Here is
Big Pine.

Highway U.S. 1 in Florida, built on Coral Reefs. Here is a
full image.

Highway U.S. 1 in Florida, built on Coral Reefs. Here is
Key Colony Beach.

Highway U.S. 1 in Florida, built on Coral Reefs. Here is
Key Largo.

Highway U.S. 1 in Florida, built on Coral Reefs. Here is
Matecumbe.

Highway U.S. 1 in Florida, built on Coral Reefs. Here is
Plantation.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientist
- Serge Andrefouet (University of South Florida)
Missions
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[Landsat-7: ETM+]
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Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, October 23, 2000.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:58 PM EDT.