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Created: 2025-07-15 22:30:00 UTC

NASA’S LASER SATELLITE JUST STARTED MAPPING THE SEAFLOOR - FROM SPACE

ICESat-2 was built to measure ice sheets. 
Instead, it’s accidentally become a bathymetry superstar.

Turns out the satellite’s laser - designed to bounce off land - can also pierce crystal-clear coastal waters and reflect off the seafloor.

Now with a new data product (ATL24), NASA and university researchers are using machine learning to map shallow ocean floors up to XXX feet deep - from orbit.

Forget sonar ships. This is seafloor scanning via satellite.

From the Bahamas to barrier reefs, what used to be “uncharted waters” just got a lot more mapped.

Source: NASA, ICESat-2

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MarioNawfal Avatar Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal on x 2.3M followers Created: 2025-07-15 22:30:00 UTC

NASA’S LASER SATELLITE JUST STARTED MAPPING THE SEAFLOOR - FROM SPACE

ICESat-2 was built to measure ice sheets. Instead, it’s accidentally become a bathymetry superstar.

Turns out the satellite’s laser - designed to bounce off land - can also pierce crystal-clear coastal waters and reflect off the seafloor.

Now with a new data product (ATL24), NASA and university researchers are using machine learning to map shallow ocean floors up to XXX feet deep - from orbit.

Forget sonar ships. This is seafloor scanning via satellite.

From the Bahamas to barrier reefs, what used to be “uncharted waters” just got a lot more mapped.

Source: NASA, ICESat-2

XXXXXX engagements

Engagements Line Chart

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