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Three satellite images showing the flow of fresh water as it leaves the Mississippi River through the Gulf of Mexico. Note that the plume of water stays mostly intact as it enters the Gulf Stream until it is fully diluted around the coast of Georgia.

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http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17040

Date

July 30, 2004 to August 9, 2004

Author

Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory

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