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Culebra’s Coral Reefs  

The remote archipelago is flanked by extensive coral reef areas, but these hubs of biodiversity face a summer of sweltering water temperatures.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photograph courtesy of Sociedad Ambiente Marino. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published June 8, 2024
Data acquired February 10, 2024

Sources:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
Photograph