World’s Longest Wave?

The coastal and oceanic conditions off of northern Peru create a “dreamland for surfers.”

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey, bathymetry data from the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) and topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published April 1, 2022
Data acquired March 4, 2020

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Landsat 8 > OLI

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