2010_Flooding_in_Rockhampton_Queensland.jpg
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Summary
Description 2010 Flooding in Rockhampton Queensland.jpg |
English:
View of the swollen Fitzroy River, which surrounds the western half of Rockhampton. The image includes both thermal-
infrared
and visible
light
to increase the contrast between muddy flood-
water
and brown
earth
. Reflective
surfaces
on buildings make the city shine
white
against a background of plant-covered land (which shows up as
red
). Sediment-loaded water is
brown
, while clearer water is
black
. The river has isolated Rockhampton both by land and air. The airport is flooded, with one runway dry and the other underwater. Airport buildings appear to be surrounded by the flood. The
Bruce Highway
leaving the city to the south is also under water and badly flooded.
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Date | |
Source | NASA Earth Observatory |
Author | Jesse Allen |
Image captured by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite.
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Rockhampton
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airport
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Bruce Highway
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Fitzroy River
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