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Stirring Up Carbonate in the Coral Sea

Fierce storms can dislodge carbonate sediment from shallow underwater platforms and move it into deeper waters.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Allison Nussbaum, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published April 7, 2023
Data acquired February 9 - 11, 2023

Sources:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
Terra > MODIS