Great Barrier Reef Images From Space

An astronaut aboard the international space station used a powerful lens to photograph these three reefs in australia s great barrier reef.
Great barrier reef images from space. Find the best free stock images about great barrier reef. It is not a single reef but a vast maze of reefs passages and coral cays islands that are part of the reef. This envisat image shows part of the world s largest coral reef the 2300 kilometre long great barrier reef off australia s queensland coast just beneath the sea surface. The photo area spans about 15 kilometers 10 miles of the 2300 kilometer 1 700 mile reef system.
This image originally appeared in the nasa earth observatory story great barrier reef near whitsunday islands. The great barrier reef extends for 2 000 kilometers along the northeastern coast of australia. Stretching over 2000 kilometers along the northeast coast of australia the great barrier reef is the largest coral system that has ever existed. This nadir true color image was acquired by the misr instrument on august 26 2000 terra orbit 3679 and shows part of the southern.
Astronaut photograph iss045 e 56257 was acquired on october 12 2015 with a nikon d4 digital camera using an 1150 millimeter lens and is provided by the iss crew earth observations facility and the earth science and remote sensing unit johnson space center.