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Mississippi River Delta. Louisiana

author: Nasa/USGS/Novapix

reference: t-nalou-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 33 cm

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).

Keywords for this photo:

2001 - ASTER - DELTA - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - GULF OF MEXICO - INFRARED - LOUISIANA - MISSISSIPPI - RIVER - SATELLITE IMAGE - TERRA - USA - WATER -