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North America’s “Galapagos”

The Channel Islands off the coast of southern California support diverse ecosystems, with some plants and animals found nowhere else on the planet.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published April 21, 2025
Data acquired March 18, 2025

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
NOAA-20 > VIIRS
Collection:
U.S. National Parks