New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29th,2005. This image,showing the flooded city (dark areas) was acquired on September 6,2005. Hurricane Katrina left a trail of destruction on the Gulf of Mexico coast of the USA,notably in New Orleans. There,the high winds,rain and storm surge caused the low-lying city's flood defences to fail. Around 80% of New Orleans was flooded,with thousands killed. The evacuation of all the city's 1.3 million residents was ordered on September 8th. The Advanced Land Imager on NASA's EO-1 satellite acquired this detailed image of the flooded city | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Lawrence Ong, EO-1 Mission Science Office, NASA GSFC |
Taille de l’image : | 2800 px × 4200 px |
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