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NASA image acquired May 24, 2010 On May 24, 2010, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this false-color, high-resolution view of the very tip of the Mississippi River Delta. Ribbons and patches of oil that have leaked from the Deepwater Horizon well offshore are silver against the light blue color of the adjacent water. Vegetation is red. To learn more about this image go to: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=44078 To learn more about the oil spill go to: www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oil-creep.html NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is home to the nation's largest organization of combined scientists, engineers and technologists that build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study the Earth, the sun, our solar system, and the universe. |
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Author | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA |
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