Astronaut Photography of Coral Reefs Chapter 14: Polynesia

STS068-258-45

STS068-258-45

Request high resolution version >>   See all metadata, images and captions >> A barrier reef with broad reef flats has developed around Uturoa, Society Islands. Some of the channels through the barrier reef can be seen to correspond to inlets and river mouths of the adjacent island, a common occurence on some barrier reefs [STS068-258-45, 1994].

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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