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DescriptionTurbid Waters Surround New Zealand - crop.jpg
English: View of sediment from New Zealand's South Island flowing in the Pacific Ocean. The volume of sediment in the water hints at rough seas. Distinctive plumes arise from pulsing rivers, while the halo of turquoise around both islands is likely sediment swept up to the ocean surface by powerful waves. The plumes fan out and fade from tan to green and blue with water depth and distance from the shore. The Cook Strait, the narrow strip of water separating the North and South Islands of New Zealand, has a reputation for being among the world’s roughest stretches of water. The islands lie within the “Roaring Forties,” a belt of winds that circles the globe around 40 degrees south. The westerlies hit the islands side on and run into the mountain ranges. The Cook Strait is the only opening for the winds, so the channel becomes something of a wind tunnel. Strong winds produce high waves, and they erode the shore as shown in the image.
This image is in the public domain because it is a screenshot from NASA’s globe software World Wind using a public domain layer, such as Blue Marble, MODIS, Landsat, SRTM, USGS or GLOBE.
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Satellite: Aqua
Sensor: MODIS
Date: 29 April 2011
Time: 2:50 UT
Description: Coastal turbidity around New Zealand
Red channel: Band 1 (620-670 nm)
Green channel: Band 4 (545-565 nm)
Blue channel: Band 3 (459-479 nm)
Projection: Albers conic equal area
Standard parallels: 39 South and 45 South
Projection details: