Beaches at the mouth of Suriname River are nesting ground for leatherback turtles. This is one of several South American coastal areas being monitored as part of the CSA Space for Species project. The city of Paramaribo is near the eastward-projecting point on the western riverbank

Photo and caption thanks to:
Earth Sciences and Image Analysis, NASA-Johnson Space Center. 30 Apr. 2003. "Astronaut Photography of Earth - Display Record." http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=STS109&roll=712&frame=84.