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The Science of Sunglint
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The Science of Sunglint

In addition to posing scientific challenges and opportunities, sunglint makes for some spectacular satellite images.

Published Sep 11, 2014

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Mediterranean Sunglint
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Mediterranean Sunglint

The play of sunlight on water gives definition to the jagged coastlines of Sardinia and Corsica.

Published Jun 14, 2020

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Sunglint on the Arabian Sea
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Sunglint on the Arabian Sea

It might look like something mysterious is happening in the waters off of Oman, but this dark, sinuous shape has a completely natural explanation.

Published Apr 30, 2017

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Visualizing the Highs and Lows of Lake Mead
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Visualizing the Highs and Lows of Lake Mead

In May 2016, the reservoir behind Hoover Dam reached its lowest level since the 1930s.

Published May 27, 2016

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Painting with Islands and Sunglint
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Painting with Islands and Sunglint

The combination of sunlight, islands, and wind painted this scene on the surface of the Caribbean Sea.

Published Apr 19, 2014

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Lake Mead Still Shrinking
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Lake Mead Still Shrinking

Ongoing drought and diminished snowpack in the Rockies have combined with increasing demands downstream to cause the great reservoir to drop to historically low levels.

Published Aug 1, 2014

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Pyramid Lake, Nevada
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Pyramid Lake, Nevada

Pyramid Lake, in western Nevada, is a remnant of the ancient and much larger Lake Lahontan that formed during the last Ice Age.

Published Oct 18, 2010

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Runoff Raises Lake Powell
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Runoff Raises Lake Powell

Surging with fresh water from heavy winter snow melt, Lake Powell rose significantly in the summer of 2011 after many years of low levels.

Published Aug 12, 2011

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Dallas, Texas
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Dallas, Texas

The Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is the largest in Texas, with an approximate population of 6 million people in 2005.

Published Jul 25, 2005

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A Tale of Contrasting Rift Valley Lakes
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A Tale of Contrasting Rift Valley Lakes

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

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Rare Filling of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
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Rare Filling of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre

Floodwaters have worked their way through a series of parched channels, watering holes, and lagoons to start filling the iconic Australian lake.

Published May 28, 2019

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Malé Atoll, Maldive Islands, Indian Ocean
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Malé Atoll, Maldive Islands, Indian Ocean

This detailed astronaut photograph features surface currents illuminated by mirror-like reflections of sunlight off the waters around the Malée Atoll in the Maldive Islands.

Published Mar 1, 2010

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A Pulse of Water for Lake Powell
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A Pulse of Water for Lake Powell

Heavy winter and spring snowfall provided much-needed meltwater, but the effects of long-term drought mean the lake is nowhere near its highs from the 1980s and 90s.

Published Oct 1, 2019

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Lake Titicaca
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Lake Titicaca

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

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Sunglint on the Aegean and Mediterranean
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Sunglint on the Aegean and Mediterranean

Light reflecting off the waters around Crete indicates a smooth, mirror-like surface.

Published Jul 6, 2017

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Mono Lake, California
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Mono Lake, California

Published Jan 13, 2008

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