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The Gulf of Carpentaria is awash in sediment to the west of the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia in this image from March 29, 2002. Farther away from the coast, blue-green swirls suggest the presence of phytoplankton. Gray-green areas at the lower-left of the image, where the western coast of the peninsula reaches the mainland are wetlands. Off the eastern coast of the peninsula, a bright blue-green string of coral reefs makes up the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published March 29, 2002 Data acquired March 29, 2002