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Changes on the Cape Cod Coastline

Beaches are dynamic, living landscapes. The coast off of Chatham, Massachusetts, provides a prime example of beach evolution.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Michael Carlowicz.

Published May 30, 2014
Data acquired 1984 - 2013

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 8 > OLI