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Pre-Storm lidar topography at Core Banks, NC, from Aug. 11-15, 2009

By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center 2011 (approx.)
In this elevation image, red colors indicate topographic highs, while blues indicate topographic lows.
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Pre-storm lidar topography from August 11-15, 2009 for a portion of Core Banks, NC. A relatively low beach section near the center of the pre-storm image likely indicates where breaches have been cut through the barrier island at previous times. (The Atlantic Ocean is on the bottom right.)
 

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