File:Flooding near Huron, South Dakota 2010-03-20.jpg
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Flooding_near_Huron,_South_Dakota_2010-03-20.jpg (720 × 480 pixels, file size: 329 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
File information
Structured data
Captions
Summary
[edit]DescriptionFlooding near Huron, South Dakota 2010-03-20.jpg |
English: Floodwaters closed roads, filled basements, and soaked agricultural fields in southeastern South Dakota in late March 2010. A combination of snowmelt, ice jams, and heavy rains drove the Vermillion, Big Sioux, and James Rivers over their banks. Some residents described the flooding as the worst in living memory, according to the Associated Press.
Part of the James River appears in this false-color image captured by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite on March 20, 2010. It shows a largely agricultural area south of Huron, including the towns of Alpena and Woonsocket. Vegetated areas appear in shades of red and pink. Water appears navy blue. Where a thin layer of water sits on cropland, the combination of water and land appears muddy purple. Bright white areas may be snow or ice. A road—indicated by a thin beige line—connects the towns. A temporary river has formed along this highway, extending from the northwest toward Woonsocket. What appears to be a shallow, irregularly shaped water body extends from this temporary river, filling the center of the image. Small blue spots appear throughout the scene, and they are probably small temporary ponds formed by the flooding. |
Date | |
Source | http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43231&src=nha |
Author | NASA |
Other versions |
|
Licensing
[edit]Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse |
This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.) | ||
Warnings:
|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 00:59, 26 March 2010 | 720 × 480 (329 KB) | Captain-tucker (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description={{en|Floodwaters closed roads, filled basements, and soaked agricultural fields in southeastern South Dakota in late March 2010. A combination of snowmelt, ice jams, and heavy rains drove the Vermillion, Big Sioux, and James Riv |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
_error | 0 |
---|