Chesapeake Bay, USA, combined infrared and visible satellite image. North is at top. This is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean (blue/black) surrounded by

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Chesapeake Bay, USA, combined infrared and visible satellite image. North is at top. This is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean (blue/black) surrounded by the states of Virginia (down left) and Maryland (down centre). The five rivers running into the bay from the west are, from north to south, the Patuxent, Potomac, Rappahannock, Pamunkey and James. Vegetation is red and clouds are white. Photographed by Landsat 1 on 10th October 1972.

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