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ISS014-E-08179 (18 Nov. 2006) --- New Orleans, Louisiana is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 14 crewmember on the International Space Station. The location of New Orleans, in a shallow depression within unconsolidated deltaic sediments, makes it particularly vulnerable to subsidence and increased likelihood of flooding. The average elevation of metropolitan New Orleans is 1.8 meters below sea level, and a complicated system of levees, pumps, and upstream control structures on the Mississippi River is necessary to maintain dry conditions in the city. The ground subsidence occurs from groundwater withdrawal, reduction of sediment delivery by the Mississippi River, and land use changes (such as draining of wetlands) associated with continuing development. The low areas can be flooded by river floods, storm surges, or failure of levees holding back surrounding lake waters - as demonstrated catastrophically during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Sunglint accentuates the wetland setting of New Orleans in this image by highlighting the numerous lakes, pond, and rivers (in various shades of silver-gray) surrounding the city. The view was acquired by a crewmember looking southwest from the station, which was located over north-central Alabama at the time this image was taken. Lake Pontchartrain borders New Orleans to the north, and the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (36 kilometers in length) appears as a dark linear feature against the lake surface. Variations in surface water coloration to the east and west of the Causeway reflect the dynamics of the surface waters (including surface currents and wind-induced roughening). The patterns are made visible by the presence of surfactants on the water surface. Low cloud cover produces a blue-gray haze visible at lower left.
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Rand McNally and Company
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Tables of geographical features keyed to map.
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Letts, Son & Co.
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Colored map. The 10-sheet set shows cities, British consular offices, railroads, canals, roads, lights and lighthouses, relief by hachures, etc. This sheet covers parts of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.
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Meyer, Joseph, 1796-1856
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Engraved outline hand color map. Shows administrative boundaries, cities and towns. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington.
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Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d, 1697-1782
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Engraved map on 2 sheets. Includes geographical notes. Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings. Inset map: Partie superieure de la Louisiane. David Rumsey copy mounted as 1 sheet.
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Engraved map with facing index page. Outline hand color. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
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Poussin, Guillaume Tell, 1794-1876
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Engraved map with 3 insets. Insets numbered Fig. 1-3. Includes profile in 2 segments.
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Lloyd, H.H.
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Hand col. lithographed map. Counties in full color.
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Engraved map. Full hand color. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "XXXIII."
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Jefferys, Thomas
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Engraved nautical chart showing rhumb lines, the Flota's track from Vera Cruz to Havana to avoid the trade winds, currents, etc. Depths shown by soundings and one isoline. Includes notes. Sheet DF.3 of "... a complete chart of the West Indies ..."
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[Abbot, Henry L., United States. War Department]
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Col. map with 10 ancillary maps. Accompany reports or letters of J. Kilpatrick, Giles A. Smith, J.M. McPherson and T. Seymour.
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[Merrill, William E., United States. War Department]
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Seven col. maps. Relief shown by hachures and form lines.
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[Carey, Henry Charles, Lea, Isaac]
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Uncolored engraved map. The map shows important cities, and rivers.
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Finley, Anthony
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In full color by county. Statistical information includes state size, population, and number of people in different jobs (agriculture, manufacturing, commerce and militia).
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[Gray, Ormando Willis, Lloyd, H.H., Walling, H. F.]
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Hand col. lithographed map. Counties in full color.
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U.S. General Land Office
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One of the series of adjacent sixteen maps. Mounted on linen. Relief shown in hachures.
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U.S. General Land Office
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One of the series of adjacent sixteen maps. Mounted on linen.
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[Jones, C.H., Hamilton, T.H., Williams, J.David]
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Relief shown in hachures.
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
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From the Finley 1826 American Atlas, reissued by Mitchell in 1831. Adds steamboat routes and stage routes. As Mitchell issued improved editions of Finley's American Atlas maps, the borders became more elaborate, as is the case here, and the map covers added a more decorative design; covers are black leather 13.5x8.5 with "Mitchell's Map Of Louisiana Alabama & Mississippi" in gilt. Full color. This copy shows many new counties in all three states, roads, etc. when compared with the 1831 edition. Inside the front cover "Census Of 1830" for all three states. Prime meridian is Washington D.C. Relief shown by hachures.
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
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From the Finley 1826 American Atlas, reissued by Mitchell in 1831. Adds steamboat routes and stage routes. As Mitchell issued improved editions of Finley's American Atlas maps, the borders became more elaborate, as is the case here, and the map covers added a more decorative design; covers are black leather 13.5x8.5 with "Mitchell's Map Of Louisiana Alabama & Mississippi" in gilt. Full color. This copy shows many new counties in all three states, roads, etc. when compared with the 1831 edition. Inside the front cover "Census Of 1830" for all three states. Prime meridian is Washington D.C. Relief shown by hachures.
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Vandermaelen, Philippe, 1795-1869
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Hand col. lithographed map. Relief shown by hachures. Covers Mississippi and parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida.
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
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From the Finley 1826 American Atlas, reissued by Mitchell in 1831. Adds steamboat routes and stage routes. As Mitchell issued improved editions of Finley's American Atlas maps, the borders became more elaborate, as is the case here, and the map covers added a more decorative design; covers are black leather 13.5x8.5 with "Mitchell's Map Of Louisiana Alabama & Mississippi" in gilt. Full color. This copy shows many new counties in all three states, roads, etc. when compared with the 1831 edition. Inside the front cover "Census Of 1830" for all three states. Prime meridian is Washington D.C. Relief shown by hachures.
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Marbut, Curtis F.
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Includes legend of 12 map sections. Includes soils legend for this section and landscape photographs.
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Finley, Anthony
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Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian Washington. Statistical table for each state. Marshlands along Gulf of Mexico well shown.
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
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Full color by county.
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Arbuckle Bros.
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Sheet with maps of four states in full color. Wyoming's information includes a long paragraph on Yellowstone National Park, which is noted on the card as well. It is mentioned that in Louisiana, yellow fever epidemics swept through the state in 1853, 1867 and 1878. Each card measures 7.5 x 12.5 cm.
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Bachmann, John
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Shows entire mouth of the Mississippi. Full color. Bound in black leather covers 38x30 with "Louisiana, Mississippi & Part Of Florida. G.G.W." stamped in gold.
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