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.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Reefs of La Parguera.

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