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An Atlas of the Universe. Reminds me of Powers of Ten.
From Pruned comes an exploration of Harold N. Fisk’s beautiful maps of the alluvial valley of the lower Mississippi River: Parts I, II, III, IV. Related: Geoannexation, or what happens when the river moves but political boundaries don’t?
Google Maps just added several satellite images of the flooding in the New Orleans area after Katrina rolled through. For example, “here is the Superdome”:http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=29.951430,-90.081099&spn=0.004107,0.007369&t=e&hl=en, and “here is Highway 610″:http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=29.995920,-90.119820&spn=0.004105,0.007369&t=e&hl=en disappearing into the water.
NASA has a “high-resolution satellite photo of downtown New Orleans”:http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3, which shows that the East Bank is substantially underwater. MSN has created a “before-and-after infographic”:http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9162119/ using the satellite image, with labels for neighborhoods and landmarks. *Update:* The AP has also created a “similar graphic”:http://hosted.ap.org/specials/neworleanssatellite/index.html.
The New York Times has “a great infographic”:http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/2005_HURRICANEKATRINA_GRAPHIC/index.html showing the flooding, evacuation routes, and impact on the oil industry.
“Google Earth Hacks”:http://www.googleearthhacks.com/ has “a number of satellite overlays”:http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlcat72/Hurricane-Katrina-and-Flooding.htm showing the hurricane damage in Louisiana and Mississipi. *Update:* Another one “here”:http://www.glamdring.org/wp/archives/2005/09/02/google-earth-new-orleans-overlay/ of New Orleans, which appears to be using the “recent DigitalGlobe image”:http://www.digitalglobe.com/katrina_gallery.html.
The NOAA has posted more than “350 images”:http://alt.ngs.noaa.gov/katrina/ from the Louisiana and Mississippi coast showing severe damage from Huricane Katrina. “Two”:http://mfproducts.nos.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24333305.jpg “examples”:http://mfproducts.nos.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24331100.jpg. “Ian Scott”:http://polpo.org/ has put together a “before-and-after view of Henderson Point, Mississippi”:http://polpo.org/katrina/ using satellite imagery from the NOAA and Google Maps. *Update:* Looks like the NOAA site is getting slammed. Try it again once traffic has died down a bit.
If you’re interested in a good overview of the potential danger facing New Orleans tonight and tomorrow–and a snazzy infographic–the Times-Picayune published an explanation just after New Orleans was narrowly missed by Georges. The graphic does a great job of showing areas of New Orleans below sea level and likely to flood, as well as the history of the levee system and the reasons why New Orleans is in such danger.