Clouds of sediment clouded the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 10, 2009, after Hurricane Ida came ashore. Credit: Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.From Live Science:
One of the dramatic and often unseen effects of tropical storms and hurricanes is the muck they churn up from the ocean floor as they come ashore.
These clouds of sediment in the Gulf of Mexico were spotted Nov. 10, after Tropical Storm Ida made landfall and then moved on.
The image was made from data collected by NASA’s Aqua satellite.
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