Images related to Malosmadulu Atolls, Maldives

Water, Water Everywhere
Image

Water, Water Everywhere

The Maldives rise just a few meters above the surrounding ocean.

Published Jan 15, 2017

Image of the Day Land Water

The Rising Sea Level
Image

The Rising Sea Level

Published Jun 9, 2006

Image of the Day Water

Sea Level Rise is Accelerating
Image

Sea Level Rise is Accelerating

The acceleration has been driven mainly by increased ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica, and it has the potential to double the total sea level rise projected by 2100.

Published Feb 20, 2018

Image of the Day Water Human Presence

Tarawa and Maiana Atolls
Image

Tarawa and Maiana Atolls

he Republic of Kiribati is an island nation consisting of some 33 atolls near the equator in the central Pacific. Before Europeans found the islands, they had been inhabited for two millennia by indigenous Micronesians. In 1820, the British named the islands the Gilbert Islands, after Captain Thomas Gilbert, who discovered some of the atolls in 1788. The islands eventually gained their independence in the 1970s.

Published Dec 29, 2005

Image of the Day Land Water

Lakshadweep Islands
Image

Lakshadweep Islands

Lakshadweep’s coral atolls glow iridescent blue-green in this natural-color scene from February 2012.

Published Apr 15, 2012

Image of the Day Land Water

NASA’s Front Porch View of Rising Seas
Image

NASA’s Front Porch View of Rising Seas

The nation’s problem is also NASA’s problem: Half to two-thirds of our space infrastructure and assets stand within 5 meters of sea level.

Published Sep 8, 2015

Image of the Day Water

Retreating Aral Sea Coastlines
Image

Retreating Aral Sea Coastlines

The arrow-shaped island in the Aral Sea used to be a 35-kilometer-long visual marker, indicating the Aral Sea to astronauts. An image from the present International Space Station increment shows how much the coastline has changed as the sea level has dropped during the last three decades.

Published Aug 15, 2005

Image of the Day Land

The Waters are Rising on NASA’s Shores
Image

The Waters are Rising on NASA’s Shores

Global sea level rise poses very local challenges for the many NASA centers situated on U.S. coasts.

Published Sep 30, 2015

Image of the Day Land Water Human Presence Remote Sensing

Plume over the Caspian Sea
Image

Plume over the Caspian Sea

A hazy plume drifted over the northern end of the Caspian Sea in early April 2008. The translucent plume swirling over the water contrasts with the nearby opaque white clouds. The plume might result partly from smoke from springtime agricultural fires in farmland north of the sea.

Published Apr 16, 2008

Image of the Day Atmosphere Dust and Haze

Parting the Sea to Save Venice
Image

Parting the Sea to Save Venice

The waters that once protected Venice now threaten it. A complex engineering project is being installed to beat back the tide.

Published Mar 25, 2014

Image of the Day Water Human Presence

Istanbul, Turkey: The Crossroads of Europe and Asia
Image

Istanbul, Turkey: The Crossroads of Europe and Asia

This metropolis of 15 million people occupies both sides of the entrance to the narrow, 20-mile long Bosporus Strait connecting the Mediterranean and Sea of Marmara (south) to the Black Sea (north). From its founding as Byzantium by the Greeks in 600 B.C., this strategically located city has been a focus of maritime trade and commerce as well as an outpost and threshold for cultural exchange and conflict between Europe and Asia. This digital camera image was taken by the crew of the International Space Station on April 16, 2004. When this image was taken, strong currents carried turbid coastal waters from the Black Sea through the Strait and into the Sea of Marmara.

Published May 10, 2004

Image of the Day Land Water

Kanton Island
Image

Kanton Island

Published Feb 21, 2008

Image of the Day Land Water