Mighty Mississippi
by Felix Lai
Title
Mighty Mississippi
Artist
Felix Lai
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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This aerial photo was taken while my plane was waiting for its turn to land at New Orleans International Airport. To me, it is like a minimalist artwork with beautiful blue tone.
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,320 miles (3,730 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian mountains. The main stem is entirely within the United States; the total drainage basin is 1,151,000 sq mi (2,980,000 km2), of which only about one percent is in Canada. The Mississippi ranks as the fourth-longest river and fifteenth-largest river by discharge in the world. The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
* Copyright Felix Lai. Watermark will not appear on final prints of the photograph.
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March 6th, 2020
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