Louisiana Coast

Landforms in this scene of Atchafalaya Bay on the Louisiana coast are portrayed as a color infrared composite of bands 9 (near infrared), 2 (red) and 1 (green). Pseudo-colored water features are represented with band 45 (thermal). The bright reds and yellows portray warm water of the gulf mixing with the cooler waters (dark blues) of the Atchafalaya River drainage.


Image from: asapdata.arc.nasa.gov/ Sensors.htm