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Oyster Prospecting With Landsat 8

Finding promising aquaculture sites can be a challenge. Now seafood farmers may be getting some help from above.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Oyster Prospecting With Landsat 8.

NASA Earth Observatory map by Jesse Allen, using data provided by Jordan Snyder (University of Maine). Story by Laura Rocchio.

Published August 25, 2017
Data acquired July 2013 - July 2016

Source:: Landsat 8 > OLI