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Data acquired June 15, 1986 - July 20, 2016 720 x 480 GIF
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Data acquired June 15, 1986 - July 20, 2016 GIF
Sandy beaches are growing in some parts of the world and shrinking quickly in others, including one-third of marine protected areas.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Jessica Merzdorf, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, with Mike Carlowicz, NASA Earth Observatory.
Published July 1, 2024 Data acquired June 15, 1986 - July 20, 2016