Tuesday, January 25, 2011

GeoEye's Satellite Imagery Provides Insight for Photographic Expedition to Preserve Alacranes Reef - Case Study Featured on GeoEye Site

Working with the International League of Conservation Photographers, Ben Horton utilized GeoEye imagery to photograph the threatened ecosystem of the Alacranes reef in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the league's Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition (RAVE) project. The largest reef system in the Gulf of Mexico, the Alacranes reef is threatened by overfishing and illegal conch gathering. In addition, the coral is dying from the toxins released into the water from the boats...




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