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For hundreds of years, Henderson Island has seen little human activity. Nonetheless, it has human fingerprints all over its beaches.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Story by Pola Lem.

Published July 23, 2017
Data acquired April 3, 2009

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Terra > ASTER