Acquired December 17, 2002, this natural-color image shows part of Santiago Island and Ilhéu de Santa Maria, Cape Verde.
Published Feb 12, 2011
In one frame International Space Station astronauts were able to capture the evolution of fringing reefs to atolls. As with the Hawaiian Islands, these volcanic hot spot islands become progressively older to the northwest. As these islands move away from their magma sources they erode and subside.
Published Feb 16, 2003
This true-color image shows dust plumes blowing off the west coast of Africa and over the Atlantic Ocean on May 23, 2009. One dust plume stretches across Cape Verde.
Published May 26, 2009
The natural movement of sediment has built up a shoal island off the Outer Banks in North Carolina.
Published Jul 12, 2017
Acquired October 2, 2002, this natural-color image shows islands off the coast of Croatia, in the Adriatic Sea.
Published Apr 17, 2011
