On October 29, 2012, lives were changed forever along the shores
of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and in the two dozen United States
affected by what meteorologists are calling Superstorm Sandy. The landscape of the East Coast was
also changed, though no geologist would ever use the word “forever” when
referring to the shape of a barrier island.
The two aerial photographs above show a portion of the New
Jersey coastal town of Mantoloking, just north of where Hurricane Sandy made
landfall. The top photograph was taken by the Remote Sensing Division of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on October 31, 2012; the lower image was
acquired by the same group on March 18, 2007. The images were acquired from an
altitude of roughly 7,500 feet, using a Trimble Digital Sensor System.
The Mantoloking Bridge cost roughly $25 million when it was opened
in 2005 to replace a bridge built in 1938. After Sandy passed through on
October 29, 2012, the bridge was covered in water, sand, and debris from
houses; county officials closed it because they considered it unstable.
On the barrier island, entire blocks of houses along Route 35
(also called Ocean Boulevard) were damaged or completely washed
away by the storm
surge and wind. Fires raged in the town from natural gas lines that had
ruptured and ignited. A new inlet was cut across the island, connected the
Atlantic Ocean and the Jones Tide Pond.
1. References
2.
The Asbury Park
Press (2012, October 29) Update: Floating homes close
Mantoloking Bridge. Accessed
November 2, 2012.
3.
NOAA National Geodetic
Survey (2012) Hurricane Sandy Response Imagery. Accessed November 2, 2012.
4.
Point Pleasant
Patch (2012, October 31) Mantoloking Bridge Considered
Unstable; Fires Raging Nearby. Accessed
November 2, 2012.
Aerial photography courtesy of the NOAA Remote Sensing Division.
Caption by Mike Carlowicz.
Instrument:
Aircraft Sensors - Camera
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