In early January, ice covered most of the lake and prevented the formation of extensive lake-effect clouds.
Published Jan 10, 2018
A blast of cold air from Canada is fueling lake effect snow in several states.
Published Dec 10, 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
When a blast of cold air passed over the relatively warm waters of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, the contrast in temperature caused steam fog to roll off the surface of the lakes.
Published Jan 8, 2014
Just a few months after an unusually warm winter with minimal ice, the surface temperatures of the lakes are now near or above records.
Published Jul 16, 2020
Cold air moving over relatively warm ocean water produced a pattern of clouds that lined up in organized rows.
Published Nov 14, 2019
The spring thaw is underway in the Great Lakes region of North America.
Published Mar 27, 2019
Cool air moving across Arctic sea ice gives rise to long parallel bands of cumulus clouds over the Norwegian Sea.
Published Mar 31, 2016Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Water Unique Imagery Snow and Ice
It was a typical summer day on Lake Superior on August 2, 2007, when NASA’s Terra satellite recorded the lake’s temperature. Warm waters fringe the southern shores, while cooler waters gather in the center of the lake. Cold waters well up from the depth of the lake along the northern shore.
Published Aug 11, 2007
This lake in northwest Russia is small compared to Lake Baikal, yet it still manages to make a stately appearance in satellite imagery.
Published Apr 4, 2020
Fine particles of pulverized rock absorb and scatter sunlight in ways that can give water a striking blue-green color.
Published May 20, 2019
This astronaut view of blending air masses, wind fields, and light reflections is a combination of beauty and of insight about the environment.
Published Jul 22, 2013
An uncommon display of cloud streets formed off of the northern coast of Australia.
Published Jul 24, 2016
A swath of white defines the path of powerful snow storm in this image from December 7, 2010.
Published Dec 9, 2010
Some towns east of Lake Erie received several feet of snow as cold air passing over the lake sopped up moisture and then dropped it over land.
Published Nov 20, 2014
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
Long bands of cumulus clouds lined up over the Great Lakes in this spectacular display of “cloud streets.”
Published Feb 12, 2016
The lake in central Africa is in the middle of a whiting event caused by calcium carbonate precipitation.
Published Apr 26, 2016
Two of the largest freshwater lakes in Turkey sit on the Anatolia Plateau.
Published Jan 26, 2020
Acquired November 10, 2010, this natural-color image shows assorted lakes of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in iridescent hues of blue, green, and teal.
Published Nov 26, 2010
Cold air blows over warmer water to produce thin, parallel lines of clouds.
Published Oct 8, 2018
Inle Lake is home to floating tomato farms and booming tourism.
Published Apr 1, 2015
Valentine’s Day didn't warm a lot of hearts in the eastern United States.
Published Feb 16, 2016
Fast-growing duckweed can leave swirls of green in Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo.
Published Feb 23, 2017
The lake in eastern Africa is known for its intense nighttime thunderstorms, which are influenced by the lake's location, size, and nearby topography.
Published Sep 10, 2020
The fingerprints of human civilization are all over the lake in eastern China.
Published Jan 10, 2015
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
Roughly the same size of Belgium, Canada’s Great Slave Lake runs nearly 2,000 feet deep.
Published May 24, 2019
Acquired September 22, 2011, this natural-color image shows fog over Lake Baikal.
Published Sep 23, 2011
The lake is mostly inhospitable to life, except for a few species adapted to its warm, salty, and alkaline water.
Published May 8, 2017
Like this lake in northwestern Nevada, many of the world’s prominent salt lakes are drying up.
Published Apr 4, 2018
Nearly six years of regional drought and rapidly increasing demand for water have resulted in decreasing water levels in lakes throughout East Africa. The flooded regions of the Toshka Lakes west of Lake Nasser have decreased greatly over the years, exposing the former dune fields, and leaving a “bath-tub ring” of wetlands (dark region) surrounding the lake shorelines.
Published Jan 9, 2006
Snow cover lingered in the Great Lakes region on February 16, 2008. Against the backdrop of snowy ground appear the deep blue waters of the Great Lakes and nearby water bodies. In this wintertime shot, the lakes are relatively ice-free, except for Lake Erie.
Published Feb 20, 2008
