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NASA satellite photo shows how storms affected California

Thursday, February 23, 2017

This satellite photo from NASA's Earth Observatory shows the affect big winter storms have had on California. (Photo by NASA)

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Here's a space age view of how these big winter storms have affected California.

This is a satellite photo from NASA's Earth Observatory. If you look close enough, you can see that parts of the Pacific appear to look brown and teal.

That's because all the rain has pushed sediment through waterways and into the ocean.

Brown Pacific water indicates sediment-rich areas while teal-ish water indicates sediment mixed with salt water.

PHOTOS: Flood waters rip through San Jose causing damage, evacuations
Sky7 shows a car immersed in floodwater on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 (left) and again on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017 (right), when floodwaters receded in San Jose, Calif.none
Coyote Creek creeps up to a bike path in San Jose, Calif. on Feb. 22, 2017.none
50,000 San Jose residents ordered to evacuate their homes, as storms prompt flooding, Wednesday, February 22, 2017none
50,000 San Jose residents ordered to evacuate their homes, as storms prompt flooding, Wednesday, February 22, 2017none
50,000 San Jose residents ordered to evacuate their homes, as storms prompt flooding, Wednesday, February 22, 2017none
Flooding overtakes William Street in San Jose, Calif. on Feb. 22, 2017.none
Flooding overtakes William Street in San Jose, Calif. on Feb. 22, 2017.none
Cars are seen submerged in flood water in San Jose, Calif. on Feb. 21, 2017.none
A home in San Jose, Calif. appears submerged under flood waters on Feb. 21, 2017.none
A home in San Jose is submerged under water after extreme flooding in the area on Feb. 21, 2017.none
Flooding is shown in San Jose, Calif. on Feb. 21, 2017.none
Flooding overtakes William Street in San Jose, Calif. on Feb. 22, 2017.none
Flooding is seen inside a San Jose home on Tuesday February 21, 2017.none
San Jose firefighters rescue dozens of residents by boat in flood waters in the Nordale neighborhood on Tuesday February 21, 2017.none
San Jose firefighters rescue dozens of residents by boat in flood waters in the Nordale neighborhood on Tuesday February 21, 2017.none
San Jose Firefighters rescue residents by boat from flooded homes on Tuesday February 17, 2017.none
San Jose firefighters rescue dozens of residents by boat in flood waters in the Nordale neighborhood on Tuesday February 21, 2017.none
San Jose firefighters rescue dozens of residents by boat in flood waters in the Nordale neighborhood on Tuesday February 21, 2017.none
San Jose firefighters rescue dozens of residents by boat in flood waters in the Nordale neighborhood on Tuesday February 21, 2017.none
San Jose firefighters rescue dozens of residents by boat in flood waters in the Nordale neighborhood on Tuesday February 21, 2017.none
Horses are seen in flood waters in the Nordale neighborhood of San Jose on Tuesday February 21, 2017.none
San Jose firefighters had to rescue dozens of residents by boat in flood waters in the Nordale neighborhood.none
San Jose firefighters had to rescue dozens of residents by boat in flood waters in the Nordale neighborhood.none
San Jose firefighters rescue dozens of residents by boat in flood waters in the Nordale neighborhood on Tuesday February 21, 2017.none
San Jose firefighters rescue dozens of residents by boat in flood waters in the Nordale neighborhood on Tuesday February 21, 2017.none
San Jose firefighters rescue dozens of residents by boat in flood waters in the Nordale neighborhood on Tuesday February 21, 2017.none
San Jose firefighters rescue dozens of residents by boat in flood waters in the Nordale neighborhood on Tuesday February 21, 2017.none
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