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Did you recognize our June puzzler? 👀 If you guessed Paramaribo, you’re correct! Paramaribo is Suriname’s capital and largest city, centered on the west bank of the Suriname River. The historic city center and main port are located along the sharp bend in the center of the image. The second image shows neighborhoods south of Paramaribo in the Wanica district along the Tout Lui Faut canal. Suspended sediment has muddied parts of the river and estuary. Much of the coarser-grained sand that once flowed down the river is now trapped upstream by the Afobaka Dam, so much of the sediment is likely fine-grained particles of clay. Scientists have conducted research that shows coastal currents also carry significant amounts of sediment from the Amazon River, which drains into the Atlantic Ocean about 800 kilometers (500 miles) to the southeast. 📸 Photos taken by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 on September 10, 2020 #EarthFromSpace #Paramaribo #SurinameRiver #ViewFromSpace #Landsat #RemoteSensing