Great Barrier Reef

A better than average view of the Great Barrier Reef was captured by SeaWiFS on a recent overpass. There is sunglint northeast of the reef and there appears to be some sort of filamentous bloom in the Capricorn Channel.

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Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Published November 15, 1998
Data acquired November 15, 1998

Source:

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Topics:

Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Reef Habitat

Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs