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The Great Barrier Reef in Australia from satellite

author: USGS/ESA/Novapix

reference: t-ocaus-00015

Image Size 300 DPI: 48 * 24 cm

This satellite image, acquired by the Landsat-8 satellite on 23 August 2013, takes us off the east coast of Australia where currents swirl in the water around corals. The Great Barrier Reef arches over 2000 kilometers along the northeast coast of Australia.

Keywords for this photo:

2013 - AUSTRALIA - CORAL - CORAL SEA - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - GREAT BARRIER REEF - ISLAND - LANDSAT - LANDSAT-8 - POSTER - QUEENSLAND - SATELLITE IMAGE - SEA - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - UNESCO - WORLD HERITAGE -