Santa Catalina Island, California

Off the coast of California, rugged Santa Catalina Island is encircled by a white perimeter of breaking waves in this satellite image from May 11, 2010.

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NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published June 6, 2010
Data acquired May 11, 2010

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EO-1 > ALI