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Post-Storm lidar topography at Outer Banks, NC, from Aug. 28-29, 2011

By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center 2011 (approx.)
In this elevation image, red colors indicate topographic highs, while blues indicate topographic lows.
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Post-storm lidar topography from August 28-29, 2011, for a portion of the Outer Banks near Rodanthe, NC, after Hurricane Irene. The post-storm image reveals where the waves and surge from Irene broke through the protection and carved a breach. (The Atlantic Ocean is on the bottom right.) 
 

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