Caspian Scour

Kazakhstan

Landsat 8

Acquired 2016-04-06

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 5

In shallow waters surrounding the Tyuleniy Archipelago in the Caspian Sea, chunks of ice were the artists. The 3-meter-deep water makes the dark green vegetation on the sea bottom visible. The lines scratched in that vegetation were caused by ice chunks, pushed upward and downward by wind and currents, scouring the sea floor.

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U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 5. Imagery in the public domain; the edit and sequencing are Orbital Artifacts’.

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Imagery curated from Earth as Art, courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data.

Acquired 2016-04-06Landsat 8

OA-023

Caspian Scour

Kazakhstan

Landsat 8

Acquired 2016-04-06

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 5

In shallow waters surrounding the Tyuleniy Archipelago in the Caspian Sea, chunks of ice were the artists. The 3-meter-deep water makes the dark green vegetation on the sea bottom visible. The lines scratched in that vegetation were caused by ice chunks, pushed upward and downward by wind and currents, scouring the sea floor.

Curated from

U.S. Geological Survey — Earth as Art 5. Imagery in the public domain; the edit and sequencing are Orbital Artifacts’.

Limited edition

25 of 25 remaining

Available as

Not yet in the shop. Get in touch → for commissions or an early print of this scene.

← Back to archive

← Previous

Petermann Glacier

OA-022

Next →

Lava Field

OA-024