On most summer days, a trip to North Carolina’s Outer Banks means a peaceful day at the beach, but there is evidence all around that this beach is not always so serene.
Published Aug 25, 2016
“A man may stand there and put all America behind him.”
Published Nov 25, 2016
The natural movement of sediment has built up a shoal island off the Outer Banks in North Carolina.
Published Jul 12, 2017
Beaches are dynamic, living landscapes. The coast off of Chatham, Massachusetts, provides a prime example of beach evolution.
Published May 30, 2014
This image shows the islands of Komodo National Park in the Lesser Sunda Islands, on July 20, 2000.
Published May 17, 2009
Lighthouses and sandstone formations draw visitors to the shores of Lake Superior.
Published Aug 28, 2016
Acquired June 24, 2007, this natural-color image shows the eastern half of St. John Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The area pictured incorporates a national park and national monument.
Published Jan 20, 2011
Ferocious winds and huge waves have long made it perilous to navigate around the southernmost tip of South America.
Published Dec 24, 2017
The Whitsunday Islands are a collection of some 74 islands sandwiched between the Australian mainland and the outer atolls of the Great Barrier Reef.
Published Jan 2, 2010
Assateague, Chincoteague, and Wallops provide a rare example of overlapping barrier islands. All of them are constantly in motion.
Published Oct 9, 2019
Barrier islands are found along the edge of every continent except Antarctica, and in 2011 scientists and naturalists are still finding new ones, including this chain along the equatorial coast of Brazil.
Published Jun 3, 2011
Acquired November 23, 2010, this natural-color image shows the islands of the Cape Verde Archipelago off the west coast of Africa.
Published Mar 29, 2011
Winds and wave refraction give the area around Provincetown a distinctive hook shape.
Published Aug 31, 2015
On June 26, 2010, oil was visible in the waters surrounding Horn and Petit Bois Islands following the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Published Jun 29, 2010
