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Satellite Image from NASA: “Caribbean Luxury”
Satellite image acquired by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on 24 April 2003, entitled “Caribbean Luxury”. NASA’s description: “The Caicos Islands in the northern Caribbean are a popular tourist attraction, renowned for their beautiful beaches, clear waters, scuba diving, and luxury resorts. The islands lie primarily along the northern perimeter of the submerged Caicos bank (turquoise), a shallow limestone platform formed of sand, algae and coral reefs, covering 6,100 square kilometres (2,370 square miles).”
24 April 2003
Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom
Photo # 531037
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