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Hurricane Katrina Gallery


Last updated on 27 Sept 2005

Hurricane Katrina Update
The image links below show data from NASA's MODIS instrument, received and processed at the University of South Florida's Institute for Marine Remote Sensing (IMaRS).

In the CRGB color scheme, red normally indicates dry land, while blue indicates water.

The first image shows the same area before Katrina hit, showing red throughout New Orleans. The second image was captured today (at 16:47:35 GMT), showing large areas of New Orleans and the adjacent Gulf Coast inundated with water.

Image describing areas flooded: http://imars.usf.edu/~hu/scratch/katrina/FLOODING.GIF

NEW: Shockwave Flash Animation

NEW: New Orleans Close-up GIF Animations



NEW: Improved CRGB Imagery
Date and Time Improved CRGB Image RGB Image New Orleans CRGB Image
Saturday, August 27th 2005 19:25:57
Tuesday, August 30th 2005 16:47:35
Wednesday, August 31st 2005 19:01:02
Friday, September 2nd 2005 18:48:40
Sunday, September 4th 2005 17:06:16
Tuesday, September 6th 2005 16:53:49
Wednesday, September 7th 2005 19:07:16
Thursday, September 8th 2005 16:41:27
Sunday, September 11th 2005 18:42:33
Monday, September 12th 2005 19:25:56
Tuesday, September 13th 2005 17:00:09
Wednesday, September 14th 2005 19:13:23
Thursday, September 15th 2005 16:47:24
Friday, September 16th 2005 19:00:51
Monday, September 19th 2005 16:22:58
Monday, September 19th 2005 19:32:15
Tuesday, September 20th 2005 17:06:06
Wednesday, September 21st 2005 19:19:36


Date Full CRGB Image Full RGB Image Subset CRGB Image Subset RGB Image
Before Katrina
Saturday, 27 Aug 2005
After Katrina
Tuesday, 30 Aug 2005
After Katrina
Wednesday, 31 Aug 2005
After Katrina
Thursday, 1 Sept 2005
After Katrina
Friday, 2 Sept 2005
After Katrina
Saturday, 3 Sept 2005
(Morning)
After Katrina
Saturday, 3 Sept 2005
(Afternoon)
After Katrina
Sunday, 4 Sept 2005
(Morning)
After Katrina
Sunday, 4 Sept 2005
(Afternoon)
After Katrina
Monday, 5 Sept 2005
After Katrina
Tuesday, 6 Sept 2005
After Katrina
Wednesday, 7 Sept 2005
After Katrina
Thursday, 8 Sept 2005


Anyone has permission to use these images as long as you credit USF and IMaRS.

If these images may be of use to local management authorities in your area, please pass them on.

Please check back to this site for updates and new images as soon as they are available.

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