It shows elevation trends across the state. Detailed topographic maps and aerial photos of Louisiana are available in the Geology.com store. See our state high points map to learn about Driskill Mtn. at 535 feet-the highest point in Louisiana. The lowest point is New Orleans at -8 feet.
Gamma rays are the most energetic type of light, packing a punch strong enough to pierce through metal or concrete barriers. More energetic than X-rays, they are born in the chaos of exploding stars, the annihilation of electrons and the decay of radioactive atoms.
A gamma ray is the shortest wavelength and highest energy electromagnetic radiation on the spectrum; it's at the very top. A gamma ray begins moving the instant it is created.â¦ And it moves at the speed of light (for the medium in which it is traveling). It continues this way until it runs into something and bounces off in an event we call scattering. The gamma ray may or may not lose energy in this scattering event.