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Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu

The Pacific island has a storied past in the study of atoll formation and a tenuous future as it adapts to sea level rise.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photograph by James Lewis/TCAP/UNDP. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published July 24, 2024
Data acquired September 28, 2023

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Photograph