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This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: ISS045-E-028798. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work.
English: This Envisat image features one of the natural wonders of the world – the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea off the east coast of Queensland, Australia. Australian researchers have discovered that Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) sensor can detect coral bleaching down to 10 m deep.
The Great Barrier Reef has long been known to and used by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and is an important part of local groups' cultures and spirituality. [citation needed] [clarification needed] The first European to sight the Great Barrier Reef was James Cook in 1770, who sailed and mapped the east coast of ...
During that time, between 2016 and 2024, the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem and one of the most biodiverse, suffered mass coral bleaching events.
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), which is responsible for managing the park, does not consider grey water or exhaust cleaning by-products to be waste under the existing ...
An image of the island and nearby coral reefs taken with the Seaview SVII camera. Lady Elliot Island is the southernmost coral cay of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.The island lies 46 nautical miles (85 km; 53 mi) north-east of Bundaberg and covers an area of approximately 45 hectares (110 acres).
The sea contains numerous islands and reefs, as well as the world's largest reef system, the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981. All previous oil exploration projects were terminated at the GBR in 1975, and fishing is restricted in many areas. The reefs and islands of the Coral Sea are ...
A satellite image of a section of the Great Wall of China, running diagonally from lower left to upper right (not to be confused with the much more prominent river running from upper left to lower right). The Great Wall of China is not the only human-made object visible from space or from the Moon. [26]