YAZOO COUNTY, MS - MAY 23: The Yazoo River floodwaters inundate crops near Yazoo City May 23, 2011 in Yazoo County, Mississippi. The Yazoo River floodwaters are forecast to crest today around Yazoo City following the backing up of Mississippi River tributaries including the Yazoo River. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding in Louisiana. Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas.   Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

El río Mississippi inunda el sur de Estados Unidos y las agencias envían impresionantes imágenes de las tierras y campos cubiertos de agua. Os recomiendo las completas ediciones de In Focus y de The Big Picture sobre esta última riada. Saltan a la vista los muros que se levantaron al rededor de las casas creando una pequeña isla entre el agua del rio más caudaloso de los USA. No es la priemra vez que os muestro en La Mesa de Luz fotos de inundaciones como la vivida en Filipinas en septiembre de 2009. Pero hoy os presento una serie de imágenes aéreas que muestran la dramática inundación desde otro punto de vista muy pictórico. Fotos aéreas que muestran lo que podría ser un cuadro abstracto pintado por la naturaleza utilizando los campos de Mississippi como lienzo. Espero que las disfrutéis.

YAZOO COUNTY, MS - MAY 23: The Yazoo River floodwaters inundate crops next to a raised railroad track near Yazoo City May 23, 2011 in Yazoo County, Mississippi. The Yazoo River floodwaters are forecast to crest today around Yazoo City following the backing up of Mississippi River tributaries including the Yazoo River. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding in Louisiana. Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas.   Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

YAZOO COUNTY, MS - MAY 23: The Yazoo River floodwaters inundate crops near Yazoo City May 23, 2011 in Yazoo County, Mississippi. The Yazoo River floodwaters are forecast to crest today around Yazoo City following the backing up of Mississippi River tributaries including the Yazoo River. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas.   Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

YAZOO COUNTY, MS - MAY 23: The Yazoo River floodwaters inundate crops near Yazoo City May 23, 2011 in Yazoo County, Mississippi. The Yazoo River floodwaters are forecast to crest today around Yazoo City following the backing up of Mississippi River tributaries including the Yazoo River. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas.   Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

VICKSBURG, MS - MAY 18: A wheat field is covered by floodwater from the Yazoo River May 18, 2011 near Vicksburg, Mississippi. The flooded Mississippi River is forcing the Yazoo River to top its banks where the two meet near Vicksburg, causing towns and farms upstream on the Yazoo to flood. The Mississippi River at Vicksburg is expected to crest May 19. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding along the Mississippi River from Illinois to Louisiana.   Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

YAZOO COUNTY, MS - MAY 23: The Yazoo River floodwaters inundate crops near Yazoo City May 23, 2011 in Yazoo County, Mississippi. The Yazoo River floodwaters are forecast to crest today around Yazoo City following the backing up of Mississippi River tributaries including the Yazoo River. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas.   Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

WILKINSON COUNTY, MS - MAY 20: A flooded structure and telephone poles are seen along the flooding Mississippi River downstream from Natchez on May 20, 2011 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. The river is forecast to crest at 62.1 feet tomorrow in Natchez, the highest level in Natchez recorded history. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding in Louisiana. Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas.   Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

VICKSBURG, MS - MAY 18: A wheat field is covered by floodwater from the Yazoo River May 18, 2011 near Vicksburg, Mississippi. The flooded Mississippi River is forcing the Yazoo River to top its banks where the two meet near Vicksburg, causing towns and farms upstream on the Yazoo to flood. The Mississippi River at Vicksburg is expected to crest May 19. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding along the Mississippi River from Illinois to Louisiana.   Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Floodwaters from the Yazoo River continue to get deeper, inundating crops near Yazoo City, Miss. on Saturday, May 21, 2011. Floodwaters from the Yazoo River continue to get deeper near Yazoo City, Miss. even as the Mississippi River is slowly falling, since it is still so high that water is backing up into its tributaries, especially the Yazoo River. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Farm buildings are surrounded by floodwater from the Yazoo River near Yazoo City, Miss., Saturday, May 21,  2011. The water is getting deeper in the backwater areas even though the levels of the Mississippi River are falling. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

YAZOO COUNTY, MS - MAY 23: The Yazoo River floodwaters inundate crops near Yazoo City May 23, 2011 in Yazoo County, Mississippi. The Yazoo River floodwaters are forecast to crest today around Yazoo City following the backing up of Mississippi River tributaries including the Yazoo River. Heavy rains have left the ground saturated, rivers swollen, and have caused widespread flooding in Louisiana. Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas.   Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==