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Sediment in Motion at Ocean City

Jetties near Ocean City, Maryland, have interrupted natural coastal processes such as longshore transport, altering the shape of the coastline.


U.S. Geological Survey image from the National Map/National Agricultural Imagery Program. Caption by Heather Hyre.

Published August 4, 2011
Data acquired June 26, 2009

Source:
Aircraft Sensors > Camera