NASA Photo ID: STS048-151-250      File Name: 10065073.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 09/18/91
  Title: Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
  Description:
  The Great Barrier Reef of Queensland, Australia extends for roughly 2,000
  km   along the northeast coast of Australia and is made up of thousands of 
  individual reefs which define the edge of the Continental shelf.  Swan
  Reef,  the southern part of the reef system, is seen in this view.  Water
  depths  around the reefs are quite shallow (less than 1 to 36 meters) but
  only a few  kilometers offshore, water depths can reach 1,000 meters.                                     
  
  Subject terms:
  AUSTRALIA                               
  CONTINENTAL SHELVES                     
  CORAL REEFS                             
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  GREAT BARRIER REEF                      
  PACIFIC OCEAN                           
  REEFS                                   
  STS-48                                  
  

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