British Virgin Islands Cruise

Friends of mine went on a truly unique small boat cruise through the British Virgin Islands. During the cruise they collected six samples of sand. Click on the links below to go to those locations.

 

ANEGADA

 

 

THE BATHS, VIRGIN GORDA

BITTER END, VIRGIN GORDA

LEVERICK BAY, VIRGIN GORDA

TRELLIS BAY, TORTOLA

ANEGADA

SOGGY DOLLAR, WHITE BAY, JOST VAN DYKE

THE BATHS, VIRGIN GORDA 18.43N, 64.45W

International Space Station 180mm Photograph

Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)

Wikipedia Commons Image

 

ZERO MAGNIFICATION IMAGE

REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM

 

 

1X* MAGNIFICATION (YELLOW  LINE  = 2MM)

1X* ANIMATION (YELLOW LINE  = 2 MM)

 

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Note: Okay, this is a first. There were so many great samples in this sand that I couldn't decide what to eliminate. So . . . I didn't eliminate any of them. They are shown in the animation above; then click on the thumbnails to see them in high resolution.

BITTER END, VIRGIN GORDA 18.29N, 64.25W

 

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LEVERICK BAY, VIRGIN GORDA

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ANEGADA 18.73N, 64.33W

International Space Station 800mm Photograph

Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)

 

Wikipedia Commons Image

 

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TRELLIS BAY, TORTOLA 18.45N, 64.53W

International Space Station 800mm Photograph

Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)

 

Wikipedia Commons Image

 

 

 

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SOGGY DOLLAR, WHITE BAY, JOST VAN DYKE 18.45N, 64.73W

International Space Station 800mm Photograph

Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)

Wikipedia Commons Image

 

 

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REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM

 

 

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