Missouri - Mississippi colored confluence, St Louis, USA

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 21 April 2019 at 16:39:01 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 18 September 2019 at 16:40:21 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 07 December 2019 at 16:47:01 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 01 January 2020 at 16:47:09 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Hydrology, river, water colour, seasons, ice melt, snowfall, erosion, sediments, alluvium, precipitations, flooding
Fig. 1 - S2 (07.12.2019) - 4,3,2 natural colour - North of St Louis, confluence of Missouri (lighter, right bank, west) & Mississippi (darker, left).
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Illinois river (left) merges with Mississippi only 32km upstream of the Missouri confluence; Illinois grayish waters are only fully mixed near St Louis.
Fig. 2 - 18.09.2019 - At St Louis, Missouri has flowed 4247 km from its source Brower's Spring; Mississippi 1873 km from Little Elk Lake.
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Fig. 3 - 21.04.2019 - Exceptional weather caused months-lasting floods that broke levels recorded since the dam-building era.
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Fig. 4 - 01.01.2020 - Born in the Rockies, Missouri aka 'Big Muddy', erodes more silt on its way than Mississippi does, hence its lighter color
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