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NASA Returns to the Beach: How Cancún Grew into a Major Resort

Once one of the poorest regions of Mexico, Cancún is now a bustling tourist city with millions of visitors each year.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story NASA Returns to the Beach: How Cancún Grew into a Major Resort.

NASA image by Allison Nussbaum, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kasha Patel.

Published July 7, 2024
Data acquired March 28, 1985 - April 11, 2019