Aerial Louisiana - Lake Ponchartrain to Mississippi River

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : TampaRandy created this aerial tour of southern Louisiana. It covers the area between Lake Ponchartrain to the Mississippi River. Pontchartrain is a brackish lake which is part of the river's delta. It sits north of New Orleans, and flooding from the lake caused catastrophic damage to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in September, 2005. It's a very large, shallow lake, with an area of about 1.6k square km (about 630 square mi.) but an average depth of only about 4 meters (around 12 ft.).

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Louisiana a state with so much great water scenery. On the day of our shoot was also had alot of water coming from the skies, but amazingly most of the areas we wanted to shoot the rain held off temporarily. Much of the state's lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh and swamp. It's location because of the Mississippi made it a treasured land in 1802, when it was acquired through an amazing deal by Thomas Jefferson. He correctly predicted that the purchase of Louisiana would help to great a powerful nation that would one day reach from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. that divides their land not by counties but by Parishes. Louisiana is bordered by Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, Texas to the west, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.

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For info on traveling to Louisiana see http://www.louisianatravel.com/