Landsat 5 satellite sees Mississippi River floodwaters lingering
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 16:30
in Earth & Climate
In a Landsat 5 satellite image captured June 11, 2011, flooding is still evident both east and west of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss. Standing water is most apparent, however, in the floodplain between the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers north of Vicksburg.