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Mississippi River Delta. Louisiana

by

Nasa/USGS/Novapix

Reference

t-nalou-00001

Date

2006-09-08

Turbid waters spill out into the Gulf of Mexico where their suspended sediment is deposited to form the Mississippi River Delta. This scene was acquired by the ASTER instrument on NASA's Terra satellite on May 24, 2001. This false-color composite was created by combining shortwave infrared, infrared, and near-infrared wavelengths (ASTER bands 4, 3, and 2).