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Data acquired May 6, 2011
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Data acquired May 6, 2010
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Floods Spread South along the Mississippi River

Acquired May 5, 2011, and May 5, 2010, these false-color images compared flood conditions in 2011 to calmer conditions one year earlier.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Floods Spread South along the Mississippi River.

NASA images courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published May 7, 2011
Data acquired May 6, 2011