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English: The extent of flooding in the greater New Orleans metropolitan area is clearly visible in this image, acquired from the International Space Station on September 8, 2005, of areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Flooded areas are dark greenish brown, while dry areas to the west of the 17th Street Canal and along the banks of the Mississippi River (lower half of image) are light brown to gray. This cropped image (from the parent frame ISS011-E-12527) is oriented with north to the top.

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Source New Orleans Flooding, Hurricane Katrina
Author NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA
This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: ISS011-E-012527.

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by NASA Goddard Photo and Video at https://flickr.com/photos/24662369@N07/20277491740. It was reviewed on 13 October 2017 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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