Fortescue Marshes in Western Australia

  • Credit

    Provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, and ORBIMAGE

Near the center of the SeaWiFS image lies a region whose greenness is in stark contrast to the surrounding landscape. This site comprises the more or less contiguous floodplain in the middle reaches of the Fortescue River and is a major breeding ground in Western Australia.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    OrbView-2/SeaWiFS

  • Visualization Date

    2000-06-13