NESP-MaC-3.17-Datastory-reefs-composite.jpg

Composite cloud free satellite imagery showing Mornington Island. To the north west reefs are just visible. A right hand panel shows a contrast enhanced view of the imagery with reefs indicated with orange arrows.
Download original image Attribution Eric Lawrey, Australian Institute of Marine Science. Source imagery: European Union, contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed with EO Browser

Description

Combining many satellite images, smooths out the turbid plumes, allowing reefs that were invisible in the daily imagery to become visible. The imagery is still hazy and needs contrast enhancement to see these reefs, but it allows previously unmapped reefs to be identified and mapped.