Landsat 7 Looks at Pseudo Atolls

  • Released Monday, October 23, 2000
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Located in tropical latitudes, the hard structures we know as coral are really the incremental build-ups of calcium carbonate deposited from the skeletal remains of these tiny colonial animals.

In many parts of the world coral is threatened from a variety of causes, some natural, some caused by people.

In many parts of the world coral is threatened from a variety of causes, some natural, some caused by people.

In many parts of the world coral is threatened from a variety of causes, some natural, some caused by people.

In many parts of the world coral is threatened from a variety of causes, some natural, some caused by people.

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See http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20001025coral_reef.html

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