A sandy spit of land spans the majority of the image horizontally with breaks on both sides where the ocean, dark blue at the top of the image but heavily clouded with sediment below the island. The island, while having a sandy coast that borders the open ocean, has land with vegetation on the inland side and center, even seeming to include farmland.

NASA Returns to the Beach: Taking Stock of Sandy Beaches

Sandy beaches are growing in some parts of the world and shrinking quickly in others, including one-third of marine protected areas. View the full story

Credits: NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin
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TakenJuly 20, 2016
Image CreditNASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin
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