Land, Forests and Oceans (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Land, Forests and Oceans

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ICESat-2 is on all the time - and so takes height measurements over land, forests and oceans as well as ice. As it orbited over Mexico, the satellite measurements who the height of trees as well as the forest floor, plus the bathymetry of a lagoon and the ocean waves beyond.

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NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens

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