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Elwha River mouth

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
View from the air looking down on a river where it meets the ocean, with many small channels in the sediment deposited there.
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Orthophoto of the mouth of the Elwha River in Washington. The orthophoto was compiled from images collected with a Ricoh GR camera operating at 2-second intervals and mounted on a Cessna 172 piloted by Rite Bros. Aviation. Images were processed by Andy Ritchie (USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center) using structure-from-motion techniques.

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Public Domain.