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Sediment Swirls Off the Yucatán

Suspended limestone offshore hints at a 66-million-year-old story.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Sara E. Pratt.

Published November 22, 2021
Data acquired October 31, 2021

Source:
Terra > MODIS
Collection:
MODIS Rapid Response