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Data acquired September 28, 2008 4000 x 4000 4 MB - JPEG
Data acquired September 28, 2008 6613 x 8945 226 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired August 15, 2006 4000 x 4000 3 MB - JPEG
Data acquired August 15, 2006 5614 x 4975 27 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired August 15, 2006 - September 28, 2008 64 KB - KML/KMZ
Data acquired August 15, 2006 - September 28, 2008 JPEG
Hurricane Ike came ashore along the U.S. Gulf Coast on September 13, 2008, and the storm’s eye narrowly missed Galveston and Houston. Although the storm produced tremendous damage in both cities, perhaps the greatest damage was caused by the storm surge, which inundated the coastline near Galveston. The storm surge was greatest east of Galveston, reaching 4.6 meters (15 feet) above sea level. The area devastated by the storm surge includes coastline immediately east of Galveston Bay.
NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Michon Scott.
Published October 1, 2008 Data acquired August 15, 2006 - September 28, 2008