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A new technique allowed Australian Scientists to map the intertidal zone around their entire coast.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using data provided by Stephen Sagar (Geoscience Australia) and the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Laura Rocchio, Landsat Science Outreach Team.

Published June 16, 2017
Data acquired 1987 - 2015

Sources:
Landsat 4 > TM
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 7 > ETM+
Landsat 8 > OLI
Photograph