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Long Island photo sites

By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program 2013 (approx.)
Map shows location where the scientists have collected photos of the coast both before and after a hurricane.
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Detailed Description

Long Island, New York. Fire Island is the thin barrier island just south of Long Island. The inset map shows the track of Hurricane Sandy, which made landfall on the U.S. Atlantic coast on October 29, 2012. Numbered dots are sites for which the USGS has posted pre- and post-storm photographs (sites 1 through 5), and pre- and post-storm elevation maps (sites 3 and 4).

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Public Domain.