W. & B. Miller Photograph

ILSA VERDE BEACH

International Space Station 180mm Photograph Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)   BLACK SAND BEACH ISLA VERDE BEACH CONDADO LAGOON LUQUILLO BEACH (2 SAMPLES) STEPS BEACH AGUADILLA RIO GRANDE PUNTA HIGUERO BEACH, RINCON ISLA VERDE BEACH(2) 7 SEAS BEACH, FAJARDO PLAYA PUNTA, SANTIAGO RIO MAR RESORT VIEQUES (2) ILSA CULEBRA CAROLINA BEACH TAMARINDO BEACH, ISLA CULEBRA DOGMAN'S BEACH, RINCON         BLACK SAND BEACH, VIEQUES ISLAND -  18.15N, 66.30W   The link is a guide to the island. The black particles in the sand are magnetic!     BLACK SAND BEACH       ZERO MAGNIFICATION  IMAGE 3X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) Return to top.   International Space Station 180mm Photograph Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)   ISLA VERDE BEACH, SAN JUAN 18.41N, 66.07W   The link is to images of Isle Verde Beach ISLE VERDE BEACH   ZERO MAGNIFICATION  IMAGE 3X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM)     1X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) 2X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM)     1X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) 1X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) Return to top.   CONDADO LAGOON, SAN JUAN   International Space Station 180mm Photograph Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)   CONDADO LAGOON 18.46N, 66.08W The link is to the Wikipedia page on Condado Lagoon.       ZERO MAGNIFICATION  IMAGE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM     1X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) 3X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) Return to top.   LUQUILLO BEACH   ZERO MAGNIFICATION  IMAGE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM     1X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) 3X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) Return to top.   LUQUILLO BEACH (SAMPLE #2)   ZERO MAGNIFICATION  IMAGE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM 1X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) 3X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) Return to top   STEPS BEACH 18.35N, 67.26W   ZERO MAGNIFICATION  IMAGE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM     1X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) 3X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) Return to top.   AGUADILLA   ZERO MAGNIFICATION  IMAGE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM       1X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) 3X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE  = 1MM) Return to top.

RIO GRANDE 18.38N, 65.83W

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PUNTA HIGUERO BEACH, RINCON

DOGMAN'S BEACH, RINCON 18.34N, 67.25W

ISLA VERDE BEACH

7 SEAS BEACH, FAJARDO

PLAYA PUNTA, SANTIAGO

RIO MAR RESORT

                                                                                                                                    D. Beck Photograph

VIEQUES

" . . .  this is the only black sand beach in the Virgin Island archipelago. It may be interesting to note that at first glance this beach does not look black, there is much non-black sand that migrates to this beach, and much of the beach is of mixed colors of sand."  D. Beck

ILSA CULEBRA, VACIA TALEGA BEACH

CAROLINA BEACH, CAROLINA  18.45N, 66.07W

TAMARINDO BEACH, ISLA CULEBRA

Return to Caribbean Sand to view high resolution images of all samples from the Caribbean. Click the thumbnails above to view high resolution versions of Steps Beach,  Aguadilla,  Rio Grande, and  Punta Higuero Beach. The sample from Steps Beach was collected by Sebastian R., a student at the  Gates Intermediate School, Scituate, Massachusetts. The sample from 7 Seas Beach was collected by a faculty member at the  Gates Intermediate School, Scituate, Massachusetts. The samples  from Playa Punta, and the second sample from Luquillo Beach were collected by a former  faculty member at the  Gates Intermediate School, Scituate, Massachusetts. The second Vieques sample was contributed by D. Beck,  a member of the Chanticleers Men's Breakfast Club, that meets at the Red Parrot, in Hull, Massachusetts every Wednesday. 

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