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A satellite image shows brown-red, jagged land in the bottom-right corner jutting into blue-green water. Numerous islands dot the rest of the scene. The water appears to swirl around the islands. Some of the coastal areas are dotted with green.

Landsat 9 Sees Buccaneer Archipelago

In the sparsely populated Kimberley region of Western Australia, jagged landforms reach like fingers into the turquoise-blue ocean waters. Along the coastline north of Derby, they used to reach even farther. But rising sea levels submerged part of the coastal landscape, giving rise to hundreds of islands and low-lying reefs that compose the Buccaneer Archipelago.

Image Credit: NASA/Michala Garrison; U.S. Geological Survey

TakenJune 11, 2025

Image CreditNASA/Michala Garrison; U.S. Geological Survey

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