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Powerful Earthquake Exposes New Land Near Kaikoura

The quake lifted rocks, seaweed, and creatures above the water line in some coastal areas of New Zealand.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2016) processed by the European Space Agency. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published December 3, 2016
Data acquired October 12 - November 25, 2016

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Sentinel-2