Ocean Sand, Bahamas wins the Tournament Earth 2020 organised by NASA

Ocean Sand, Bahamas—has been crowned as winner of Tournament Earth 2020 after five rounds with more than 56,000 votes, where reers have chosen ir favourite picture. artistic false-colour rendering of sand and seaweed beds in shallows collected 66.2 per cent of votes in final round. 

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According to information shared by NASA, this im was taken by Enhanced matic Mapper plus (ETM+) instrument aboard  Landsat 7 satellite. Tides and ocean currents in Bahamas sculpted sand and seaweed beds into se multicoloured, fluted patterns in much same way that winds sculpted vast sand dunes in Sahara Desert.

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About Tournament Earth 2020

Since 1999, National Aeronautics and ministration (NASA) Earth Observatory has published 16,000+ ims. To celebrate 20th anniversary and  50th anniversary of Earth Day, it allows people to pick ir all-time best im. Each week from March 23 to April 28, reer could vote for ir favourite ims. Reers n will narrow field from 32 minees down to one champion in a five-round kckout-style tournament. minees are separated into four groups: Past Winners, Home Planet, Land & Ice, and Sea & Sky.

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