This satellite image shows Adam’s Bridge, , a natural chain of limestone shoals, stretches 48 km between Rameswaram Island in India and Mannar Island in Sri Lanka. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data , processed by ESA
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image shows Adam’s Bridge, a chain of shoals linking India and Sri Lanka. Some of the sandbanks are dry and, as the light color of the water indicates, the sea here is very shallow, only 1–10 m deep.Mannar Island covers about 130 sq km and is connected to mainland Sri Lanka by a road bridge and a railway bridge, both visible at the southern end of the island.
The bridge is approximately 50 kilometers long and varies in width. It is submerged under shallow waters, which vary in depth. According to satellite imagery, the bridge’s structure resembles a series of sandbanks and islets along its length, connected by shallow ridges.