Ocean Currents In The Coral Triangle
by Science Photo Library
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Ocean Currents In The Coral Triangle
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Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Ocean currents in the Coral Triangle. Satellite-based graphic showing ocean currents (swirling coloured lines) on an Earth globe centred on the Coral Triangle region in the western Pacific. The colours indicate ocean temperatures, ranging from the warm tropics (red) to cooler water (green) in more temperate latitudes. Ocean currents include the Kuroshio current off Japan and warmer equatorial currents further south. The dusk terminator (day-night line) is at right, marking the places from where the Sun is seen setting in the west as the Earth rotates on its axis.
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July 6th, 2016
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