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Mardi Gras Pass

This free-flowing distributary reconnects the mighty Mississippi to the wetlands of Louisiana.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Mardi Gras Pass.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and NAIP imagery from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Story by Emily Cassidy.

Published February 21, 2023
Data acquired September 20, 2007 - February 13, 2023

Sources:: Aircraft Sensors > Camera; Landsat 8 > OLI