Image:ShipCatIslands ASTER 08sep05.jpg

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Description

Two satellite images comparing w:Ship Island (Mississippi) and w:Cat Island (Mississippi) before and after Hurricane Katrina. The lower image is a composite of two separate photos from June 2004 (left) and April 2001 (right).

Source

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=13130

Date

September 8, 2005

Author

Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory, using data obtained courtesy of the NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.

Permission

NASA, public domain

Other versions Larged, uncropped, unannotated versions of both images available from source URL.

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