Beautiful by Nature, even from space

Our islands are the subject of a stunning satellite picture taken recently by the NASA/USGS Landsat 7 orbiter from miles above the earth. Even from that distance you can see why we call our islands “Beautiful by Nature.”

The image shows the enchanting turquoise blue water that we are famous for, and the steep drop- off (the dark colored area is water that is as much as 3,000 feet deep and more) just off our coast that is formed by the world’s 3^rd largest coral reef – which makes for superb diving and fishing.

In the picture, our main island of Providenciales is the second one from the left and the horseshoe-shaped north (top ) side of the island forms world-renowned Grace Bay Beach. West Caicos, also home to great diving, is at the far bottom left and our fishing capital of South Caicos is on the far right. In between, our largest islands of North, Middle and East Caicos stretch left to right. The vast Caicos Bank on the south (bottom) side of it islands is seen in brilliant blue/green and is home to great bone fishing and lobster and conch populations. The bank is a shallow platform made of limestone, sand, algae, and coral reefs that covers 2,370 square miles (6,140 square kilometers).

The image of Turks and Caicos is part of a set of Landsat 7 images called the Earth as Art 3 collection.

As beautiful as TCI looks from space, imagine what it looks like when you are actually right here on Earth. Come visit and see for yourself!

                                  courtesy by http://www.turksandcaicostourism.com/