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Rising seas have redistributed cyanobacterial mats blanketing part of Andros Island and restructured the island’s marshes and mudflats.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photos courtesy of Sam Purkis (University of Miami) and Gregor Eberili (University of Miami). Story by Adam Voiland.

Published November 18, 2024
Data acquired April 29, 1986 - May 15, 2024

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
Photograph