A peninsula extending from the top of the image shows light blue waters surrounding it. The left of the peninsula shows significant human habitation, but also significant green space, along the right of the peninsula are narrow inland waterways and a heavily occupied barrier island with a wide sandy beach.

NASA Returns to the Beach: Wide Wildwood Beaches

For many people, there is great joy and good summer business to be found on the widest beach in New Jersey and one of the widest on any coast. View the full story

Credits: NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin