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   December 8, 2022 - Cuba and the Gulf of Batabanó   
      
      Cuba and the Gulf of Batabano   
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      The glorious, jewel-toned waters of the Gulf of Batabanó highlight this   
      true-color image of western Cuba which was acquired by the Moderate   
      Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA’s Terra   
      satellite on December 6, 2022.   
      
      Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, stretching about 750 miles   
      (1,207 km) in length and measuring about 60 miles (97 km) wide on   
      average. A curved shape with numerous peninsulas and inlets brings the   
      island a remarkable 2,300 miles (3,700 km) of coastline.   
      
      From space, the most outstanding feature associated with Cuba is the   
      Gulf of Batabanó, a shallow inlet of the Caribbean Sea. The Gulf has a   
      surface area of about 20,850 square kilometers (8,050 square miles),   
      which is a slightly larger surface area of the U.S. state of   
      Massachusetts, and an average depth of only 6 meters (19.6 feet). The   
      typically turquoise waters sit over a carbonate bank, and this white,   
      sandy bottom sediment can be easily stirred up by currents, tides, or   
      wind-driven wave action. Wherever carbonate sediment is stirred up, the   
      waters of the Gulf of Batabanó take on a milky tinge, as seen in this   
      image.   
      
      Image Facts   
      Satellite:  Terra   
      Date Acquired: 12/6/2022   
      Resolutions:  1km (302.3 KB),  500m (800.2 KB),  250m (538.4   
      KB)   
      Bands Used: 1,4,3   
      Image Credit: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC   
      
      
      
   https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2022-12-08   
       
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