Making Waves in Marlborough Sounds

Strong tidal currents, changes in the sea floor, and winds funneling through Cook Strait stir complicated flow patterns off of New Zealand’s South Island.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published February 2, 2018
Data acquired December 2, 2017

Source:

Landsat 8 > OLI