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Pre-Storm lidar topography, Ocracoke Island, NC; Nov. 27-Dec.1, 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 November 27-December 1, 2009, for a portion of Ocracoke Island, NC.  In the pre-storm image, the continuous, relatively high elevations, occurring just seaward of the road, appear to be either natural or human-made dunes. (The Atlantic Ocean is on the bottom right.)
 

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