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Science in the News: Sediment Spews from Connecticut River

Sediment Spews from Connecticut River

Question: What's the story of these two rivers, the Connecticut and the Thames? Why are they different?

Nearly a week after Hurricane Irene drenched New England with rainfall in late August 2011, the Connecticut River was spewing muddy sediment into Long Island Sound and wrecking the region's farmland just before harvest. The Thematic Mapper on the Landsat 5 satellite acquired this true-color satellite image on September 2, 2011.

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