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Coast of Madagascar: Sunrise on the Mozambique Channel along the coast of Madagascar. The nearest point of land is Cape Saint Andre, which forms the NW corner of the island. Here sunglint highlights the land-water boundary along a series of dynamic estuaries. The fifth inlet from the bottom just above the small lake is the Betsiboka Estuary. It is easily recognizable from space and its changes have been captured in numerous photographs over the course of the Space program.

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