Astronaut Photography of Coral Reefs Chapter 7: Western Indian Ocean

STS033-71-94

STS033-71-94

Request high resolution version >>   See all metadata, images and captions >> Terrigenous sediments impact or inhibit reef development along considerable lengths of Madagascar's coast, as here at the Mangoky Delta. Sedimentation has been greatly increased by poor landuse practices often far inland [STS033-71-94, 1989].

This is one of 84 astronaut photographs that appear in the World Atlas of Coral Reefs, published by the University of California Press.

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