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Happy Mardi Gras! 💜💛💚

During Mardi Gras season in 2012, the Mississippi River broke through its eastern bank and created a new channel to the Gulf of Mexico, the Mardi Gras Pass. #Landsat 8 recently captured this image of the pass.

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Mardi Gras Pass

This free-flowing distributary reconnects the mighty Mississippi to the wetlands of Louisiana.
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