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English: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Cook Strait, which separates New Zealand's North and South Islands.
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Named after James Cook, who was the first European to sail through it, the Cook Strait is just 23 km wide at its narrowest point, so on a clear day it is possible to see across the strait. However, it is also renowned as one of the roughest and most unpredictable stretches of water in the world, owing to strong winds, conflicting currents and variable tides.
This dynamic environment is depicted here by the various shades of blue in the water and swirls. Both shores feature steep cliffs which, in the image, result in the white colour caused by the big waves crashing against the rocky coast.
New Zealand comprises many islands, though the North and South Islands are the largest. North Island, visible on the right, is home to Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, which lies on the hills and shore around the bay in the extreme south of the island.
South Island is connected to North Island by a ferry service from Wellington to Picton, a port town near the head of Queen Charlotte Sound. The sound is a deep inlet visible in dark blue in the upper part of South Island. Numerous ferries can be spotted as white dots in the sound.
Moving south, a patchwork of agricultural fields cover the Wairau Plain and surround the town of Blenheim, visible in grey.
Several rivers cross the plain. The biggest in the image, the Wairau River, is one of the longest in New Zealand. It can be seen meandering through the fields and splitting into separate arms which eventually enter Cloudy Bay in Cook Strait. The southernmost arm of the river forms an estuary, which feeds a network of ponds, marshes and lagoons, sheltered from the Pacific Ocean by an 8-km-long boulder bank.
Date 9 June 2023 (upload date)
Source Earth from Space: Cook Strait, New Zealand
Author European Space Agency
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Observing the Earth
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Sentinel-2
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Earth from Space image collection
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Copernicus

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