"Mud Island" [hd video]
Poplar Island rises out of the Chesapeake Bay as it’s rebuilt by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers using dredged mud from the Baltimore Harbor which lies about 30 miles (about 48 kilometers) north of the island.
In these Landsat images, the dikes that contain the mud and hold it in place begin appearing in 1998. This growing island is a wildlife sanctuary, a hatchery for hundreds of diamondback terrapins and home to about 170 different species of birds including terns and bald eagles.
NASA and the U.S. Department of the Interior through the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) jointly manage Landsat. The USGS preserves the archive of Landsat images and distributes all of the 40-years of Landsat data free over the Internet.
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
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Creative Photography by Irene OFF/ON (11 months ago | reply)
very interesting image thanks for sharing!
Hettie Naude added this video to their favorites. (11 months ago)
(Sarah Robinson) (11 months ago | reply)
Very cool!
nosfe., jaakk, crossloch, UEY!, and 2 other people added this video to their favorites.
C-Da (11 months ago | reply)
thanks for sharing
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dodagp (11 months ago | reply)
Interesting in every sense !!!!!!!
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HAJO124C (11 months ago | reply)
for a secret island, i would say it's not very secret!
Bobkat1298 (11 months ago | reply)
They have to put dredge spoils somewere. Bulilding and island a filing with dredge material seems to be a very good idea. The alternatives are piling it up on land or barging it out to sea to dump
v2thaicious (11 months ago | reply)
I saw this on Facebook almost a week ago. Get with it AOL!
fancy1210 (11 months ago | reply)
this seems a little sinister to me..
Trudy LeDoux added this video to her favorites. (11 months ago)
Trudy LeDoux (11 months ago | reply)
Very interesting indeed. I would really like to know more. :)
JeanieMichelleOnFicker (11 months ago | reply)
Forget the island...thats very noticable..What are the white popped popcorn shapes that appear after 2010 to the left at the shoreline and land? ? :)
JeanieMichelleOnFicker (11 months ago | reply)
thunderball3 (11 months ago | reply)
just another example or the US federal govt. spending tax dollars they dont have.....no wonder were in so much debt.
caloy2x (11 months ago | reply)
Island relocation for Area 51.
nano_mecha (11 months ago | reply)
To funny! Its all the mud and sand dredged from the shipping lanes. Most people have no clue how shallow the bay is. If they didnt dredge shipping crabbing and fishing would suffer.
popcorn105 (11 months ago | reply)
rockandrollrebel (11 months ago | reply)
God, help us all
notatechie (11 months ago | reply)
It's called a spoil island. It is were they put the dirt when dredging harbors and shipping channels. There are many of them all up and down the coast. They are not used for anything and become good wildlife habitat. No secrets here.
HULKABILLY1 (11 months ago | reply)
@Notatechie, that's the bestb explanation I've read so far, nothing sinister about it, I'm glad to think the Government is doing something good for a change.
(If indeed that's what it's for), but so far that has been the best explanation I've heard thus far. and the so called dots that appear to the left are CLOUDS, watch the video again.
w4nd3rl0st (InspiredinDesMoines) added this video to his favorites. (11 months ago)