Algae covers much of Lake Erie’s western basin in these images, taken in early October 2011, when one the the largest blooms in recent decades spread across the lake.
Published Oct 14, 2011
The 2015 season could be severe in Lake Erie and surrounding waters.
Published Aug 4, 2015
In July 2019, a severe toxic algal bloom began spreading over the western basin of Lake Erie.
Published Aug 14, 2019Image of the Day Water Human Presence Remote Sensing Water Color
Algae blooms, whiting events, and wind-stirred sediments are part of a dynamic yearly pattern in the surface waters of this Great Lake.
Published Jun 16, 2016
Sediments and algae swirled across the lake surface on the first day of spring.
Published Mar 24, 2012
While leaves and crops on land took on typical fall colors of orange and brown, the lake displayed vivid shades of green.
Published Sep 26, 2017
Filaments of green scum swirl across the surface of Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán in this photo-like image taken by NASA’s EO-1 satellite on November 27, 2009.
Published Dec 3, 2009
Wind-driven waves stir up sediments in the Great Lakes.
Published Dec 2, 2015
A bloom of freshwater cyanobacteria is the source of the vivid green color in western Lake Erie.
Published Sep 27, 2017
An early summer algae bloom in Florida’s Lake Okeechobee has been blamed for affecting water quality downstream all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.
Published Jul 6, 2016
Long and short. Deep and shallow. Salty and fresh. Blue and brown. These are Africa’s Lake Tanganyika and Lake Rukwa.
Published Jun 20, 2019
Lake Erie’s shallowness not only makes it more prone to fluctuating water levels, but also enables this lake to freeze and thaw more readily than its neighbors.
Published Mar 16, 2007
Cyanobacteria have become a regular summer phenomenon in Lake Okeechobee and Lake Erie.
Published Jul 18, 2018
These images of the five Great Lakes show ice beginning to build up around the shores of each of the lakes, with snow on the ground across virtually the entire scene.
Published Jan 28, 2005
Sitting atop the Andes plateau on the border between Peru and Bolivia, the lake is the highest major body of navigable water in the world and the largest lake in South America.
Published Nov 23, 2015
Located on the border of Russia and China, Lake Khanka plays an important role in supporting biodiversity in the region.
Published Jun 10, 2019
The lake in central Africa is in the middle of a whiting event caused by calcium carbonate precipitation.
Published Apr 26, 2016
Meltwater from glaciers to the east and west drains into Lake Morari, a large lake that lies at an altitude of 4,521 meters (14,830 feet) on the Tibetan Plateau. A stream on the west side provides the lake’s main inflow. Mud from this river gives the light blue hues to the lake water. The well-formed alluvial fan (image center), built by sediment from the main inflow river, is the reason the lake has formed at this point in the valley.
Published Dec 18, 2006
By mid-June 2009, the rare filling of this lake in Australia’s Simpson Desert appeared to have reached its peak.
Published Jun 21, 2009
