GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) — A new survey using high-altitude imaging technology found Mississippi and Louisiana barrier islands are eroding by at least 15 feet each year.
Near Space Labs, a company that uses autonomous vehicles launched on balloons, captured new images of the Mississippi and Louisiana coast from 45,000 feet above the Gulf. The company’s vehicle, called the Swift, launched in August and mapped hundreds of square miles of shoreline.
David Tyler helped launch the mission…