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Curonian Spit
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Curonian Spit

In the southeastern corner of the Baltic Sea lies a skinny stretch of land. Known as the Curonian (or Courland) Spit, it separates the Curonian Lagoon (also known as the Courland Lagoon) from the Baltic Sea. Both the spit and the lagoon fall within the borders of Lithuania and Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast.

Published Nov 2, 2007

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Laguna de Términos
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Laguna de Términos

Mexico’s largest coastal lagoon supports an array of vegetation and marine life.

Published Sep 4, 2017

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Songor Lagoon, Ghana
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Songor Lagoon, Ghana

Published Dec 4, 2005

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Lagoa Mangueira
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Lagoa Mangueira

Sand spits and other wind- and wave-built patterns distinguish the south coast of Brazil.

Published May 2, 2016

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Parting the Sea to Save Venice
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Parting the Sea to Save Venice

The waters that once protected Venice now threaten it. A complex engineering project is being installed to beat back the tide.

Published Mar 25, 2014

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Venice Lagoon
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Venice Lagoon

The waters around this Italian city provide a study in how humans affect the seas and how the seas affect human settlement.

Published Jun 2, 2014

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Lagoa Mirim
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Lagoa Mirim

This lagoon along the Brazil-Uruguay border formed when sea level was much higher, and has since evolved from a marine to freshwater lake.

Published Jan 16, 2017

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Laguna Verde
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Laguna Verde

High in the Andes Mountains in Argentina, this salt lake hosts microbes that give the lakes distinct colors.

Published May 13, 2013

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Mangroves, Dunes, and Desert on Baja California
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Mangroves, Dunes, and Desert on Baja California

Pale fields of sand dunes are interspersed with deep green, mangrove-lined streams on the southern Baja Peninsula.

Published Jan 1, 2010

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Changes on the Cape Cod Coastline
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Changes on the Cape Cod Coastline

Beaches are dynamic, living landscapes. The coast off of Chatham, Massachusetts, provides a prime example of beach evolution.

Published May 30, 2014

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Campeche, Mexico
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Campeche, Mexico

Published Feb 15, 2004

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The Comings and Goings of Lakes
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The Comings and Goings of Lakes

Sometimes the slow grind of plate tectonics can determine where and when lakes exist.

Published Apr 24, 2019

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The Rising Sea Level
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The Rising Sea Level

Published Jun 9, 2006

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Wide Wildwood Beaches
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Wide Wildwood Beaches

For many people, there is great joy and good summer business to be found on the widest beach in New Jersey and one of the widest on any coast.

Published Aug 5, 2019

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Sandy Neck, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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Sandy Neck, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

This natural color image of Sandy Neck and Barnstable Harbor, on the north side of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was acquired on November 4, 2005, by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s EO-1 satellite.

Published Feb 19, 2011

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The Waters are Rising on NASA’s Shores
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The Waters are Rising on NASA’s Shores

Global sea level rise poses very local challenges for the many NASA centers situated on U.S. coasts.

Published Sep 30, 2015

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Sea Turtle Beaches, Eastern St. Croix
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Sea Turtle Beaches, Eastern St. Croix

Important nesting grounds for leatherbacks, hawksbills, and green sea turtles are found on beaches in Jack, Isaac, and East End Bays, pictured in this astronaut photograph from March 29, 2005.

Published Dec 25, 2008

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7.2-Magnitude Quake near Mexicali, Mexico
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7.2-Magnitude Quake near Mexicali, Mexico

Northwest-southeast-trending mountains and wide basins dominate the topography between the Gulf of California and the Mexico-United States border where a major earthquake occurred on April 4, 2010.

Published Apr 6, 2010

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