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Guinea-Bissau

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Apr 08, 2002
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Guinea-Bissau is a small country in West Africa. Complex patterns can be seen in the shallow watersalong its coastline, where silt carried by the Geba and other rivers washes out into the AtlanticOcean.

This image was acquired byLandsat 7’s Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus(ETM+) sensor on January 12, 2000. This is a false-color composite image made using infrared, red,and blue wavelengths to bring out details in the silt.

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