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The Subtleties of Sunglint

Calm waters off the Delmarva Peninsula appear as dark patches within gleaming areas of sunglint.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Adam Voiland, with input and fact-checking by Ralph Kahn (NASA GSFC), Scott Bachmeier (University of Wisconsin-Madison/CIMSS), Scott Lindstrom (University of Wisconsin-Madison/CIMSS), Chuanmin Hu (University of South Florida), and Brian Barnes (University of South Florida).

Published June 14, 2023
Data acquired May 6, 2023

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Aqua > MODIS