A Waypoint in the Southern Ocean

Remote Macquarie Island has been a stopover for Antarctic explorers and breeding populations of penguins and seals.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published July 11, 2023
Data acquired February 8, 2022

Source:

Landsat 9 > OLI-2