We have NASA’s Landsat program to thank for this rare view of the Atlantic Ocean in the Bahamas, as captured by satellite. The patterns you see are sand and seaweed beds that have been sculpted by ocean currents. That dark spot? It’s called the Tongue of the Ocean. The tongue is a deep, dark trench that separates the islands of Andros and New Providence in the Bahamas and connects to a larger geological feature known as the Great Bahama Canyon.
Satellite image of sand and seaweed in the Bahamas
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Kjell Henriksen Observatory
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International Tea Day
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For the love of bikes
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A festival of lights in India
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Castle ruins on the island of Halki, Greece
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Gujō Hachiman Castle, Gifu prefecture, Japan
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Arctic fox in Norway
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Cape Town at dusk
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Lake Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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Lei Day in Hawaii
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Dunes at White Sands National Park, New Mexico
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Asteroid Day
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Nazca boobies, Wolf Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
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International Dark Sky Week
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Red squirrel in Cairngorms National Park, Scotland
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