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Aerial photograph

Description

Aerial photograph. Differentially eroded sedimentary layers show linear ridgesparallel to the shoreline with tidal channels cutting perpendicular channels.The red is seaweed (algae).

Credit

Alaska ShoreZone Program NOAA/NMFS/AKFSC; Courtesy of Mandy Lindeberg, NOAA/NMFS/AKFSC

Location

Alaska, Cook Inlet, Iliamna Bay

Collection

America's Coastlines