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Katrina Google Maps

I found out that Google Maps has a new set of satellite images from Katrina. If you go to maps.google.com and enter 'New Orleans' in the search field, it will take you to that area. Once you're there, click on the 'satellite' button to see satellite imagery instead of the street maps. You'll notice that there's also a new button up there for Katrina satellite images. It's pretty mind-blowing to see the before and after photographs from that vantage point. Freeways just vanish into water, the roofing is ripped off the Superdome, the entire city is covered in water.

Here are some photos that I grabbed; before on the left, after on the right:

posted by Evan @ 10:59 PM