The Duke Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab regularly uses drones to map Bird Shoal and the Rachel Carson Reserve, an island and marsh complex near Beaufort, NC. The lab recently surveyed the reserve before and after Hurricane Florence in September.
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Hurricane Florence reshaped the shoreline near Beaufort, North Carolina.



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