We can now use satellite data to estimate how much light reaches benthic habitats in the Great Barrier Reef

Photographers: Marites Magno-Canto (AIMS@JCU and James Cook University)
Description
bPAR (benthic light) map showing the amount of light reaching the bottom of the water column on 1 January 2004, using data derived from NASA’s MODIS satellite and an inherent optical property-based algorithm developed during the course of NESP Tropical Water Quality Project 5.3