The sun glint reflecting off the Coral Sea east of Queensland, Australia, produces a unique effect along a portion of the Great Barrier Reef in the area of Capricorn Channel and Northumberland Islands. Sun glitter will accentuate the visibility of the surface state and the surface current situation. 17 July 1975. Usually Lake Eyre North is seen from space as a large white salt pan in South Australia's Lake Eyre Basin. The very rare, very heavy rains of 1973 and 1974 created a lake 70 by 120 kilometers in size and some 10 meters below sea level.
North is to the upper left.
23 July 1975. A large portion of the Los Angeles Basin is clearly seen in the lower portion of the photograph. The San Fernando Valley is at the upper center. The San Gabriel Mountains cross from upper center to lower right. The light lines that crisscross the photograph are in some cases freeways and in others paved rivers.