The Dungeness Spit – April 13, 2022
This nearly 4 mile long sand spit is located off the northern coast of Washington, U.S. in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, near the town of Dungeness, which shares its name with the popular crab. The Dungeness Spit is one of the largest sand spits in the world and is growing 15 feet every year due to longshore drift carrying sediment along the landform. The photo here was taken on April 6, 2022 with NASA’s Landsat 9 satellite using the Operational Land Imager 2.
