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Making Pearls in the Persian Gulf

The shallow water around Bahrain allows satellites to observe some effects of development on reefs and other aquatic features.


NASA images by Norman Kuring/NASA's Ocean Color Web, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published August 15, 2022
Data acquired July 24, 2022

Source:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2