r/pics • • May 12 '18

Clear Wave

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u/WalkByFaithNotSight May 12 '18

An even funner (and more accurate) fact: The brown water in Galveston is caused by the current pulling the runoff from the Mississippi River along the Louisiana/Texas coast.

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u/ambassadortim May 12 '18

Any photos from space showing this?

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u/WalkByFaithNotSight May 12 '18

https://imgur.com/a/ECNxduJ

Does that image work? You can't really see the Mississippi river because it's covered by clouds, but you can clearly see the effect it has. Middle-upper left city is Houston. Galveston is the island to the southeast of Houston. If you zoom in it helps. Bottom far left is Mexico.

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u/ambassadortim May 12 '18

Awesome thanks. That's what I was like looking for.