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On December 9, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured a striking true-color image of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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English: On December 9, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite captured a striking true-color image of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

The large, long island in the lower part of the image is Hispaniola. Encompassing an area of about 29,128 square miles (76,192 square km), the second-largest island in the Caribbean after Cuba. The island is shared by Haiti (west) and the Dominican Republic (east).

North of Haiti and the Dominican Republic lies a cluster of islands known as the Turks and Caicos Islands. Eight of the islands are relatively large, compared to the few dozen smaller islands in the archipelago. All of the low-lying islands sit atop undersea coral pillars, which give the bright blue color to the oceans surrounding the islands.
Date Taken on 9 December 2016
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Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Turks and Caicos (direct link)

This image or video was catalogued by Goddard Space Flight Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: 2016-12-23.

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Author Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
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