Globe Oceania, True Colour Satellite Image

Earth. True colour satellite image of the Earth, centred on the region of Oceania. North is at top. Water is blue, vegetation is green, arid areas are brown, and snow and ice are white. Both land and ocean floor topography are shown. Shallow coastal waters are light blue. Oceania consists of small islands scattered around the western Pacific Ocean. Archipelago (centre left). Australia (lower left), New Zealand (lower right), part of mainland Asia (top left), the Mala and Antarctica (bottom centre), are also seen. Deserts are seen in the Australian interior, and tropical forests along the Australian coast and in the islands of the Malay Archipelago. The image used data from LANDSAT 5 & 7 satellites. Print size 42x42cm., Globe Oceania, True Colour Satellite Image (Photo by Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)