Reefs of La Parguera - related image preview

720 x 480
JPEG

Reefs of La Parguera - related image preview

1307 x 871
732 KB - JPEG

Reefs of La Parguera - related image preview

720 x 540
JPEG

Reefs of La Parguera - related image preview

5184 x 3888
8 MB - JPEG

Reefs of La Parguera

In Puerto Rico, corals, seagrass, and mangroves paint a colorful Caribbean scene by day, while the waters of a rare bioluminescent bay glow blue at night.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photograph by Priscila Vargas-Babilonia/USGS. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published June 1, 2024
Data acquired May 15, 2024

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Photograph