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NASA Returns to the Beach: Assateague on the Move

Assateague, Chincoteague, and Wallops provide a rare example of overlapping barrier islands. All of them are constantly in motion.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story NASA Returns to the Beach: Assateague on the Move.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photo courtesy of Margaret Landis. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published July 5, 2024
Data acquired June 20, 1985 - June 2, 2019