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New Orleans
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New Orleans

Published Sep 9, 2005

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Hurricane Katrina Floods the Southeastern United States
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Hurricane Katrina Floods the Southeastern United States

Over the course of just two days, visible progress was being made in pumping floodwaters out of New Orleans.

Published Sep 15, 2005

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Flooding in New Orleans
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Flooding in New Orleans

Published Aug 31, 2005

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Lake Pontchartrain and the Bonnet Carre Spillway, Louisiana
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Lake Pontchartrain and the Bonnet Carre Spillway, Louisiana

Lake Pontchartrain, immediately north of New Orleans, occupies the upper part of this astronaut photograph from April 29, 2008, with the winding course of the muddy Mississippi River snaking across the bottom of the view (flow is eastward, from left to right). The city of New Orleans is sandwiched between the lake and the river.

Published May 12, 2008

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Hurricane Katrina Floods New Orleans
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Hurricane Katrina Floods New Orleans

Published Sep 21, 2005

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New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain
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New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain

In this astronaut photograph from November 16, 2006, sunglint—light reflected directly back to the camera onboard the International Space Station (ISS) from a water surface—accentuates the wetland setting of New Orleans by highlighting the numerous lakes, ponds, and rivers (in various shades of silver-gray) surrounding the city.

Published Jan 15, 2007

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Mississippi River Floods Gulfport, Illinois
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Mississippi River Floods Gulfport, Illinois

A wall of water washed over the small riverside city of Gulfport, Illinois, when at least two levees on the flooded Mississippi River burst on June 18, 2008, reported CNN. Only treetops and a few roofs were visible above the surface of the blue-green water two days later on June 20, when the commercial satellite Ikonos captured this detailed photo-like image.

Published Jun 26, 2008

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