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Ice on Lake Superior
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Ice on Lake Superior

A relatively rare blanket of ice rested on the surface of Lake Superior in early March 2009.

Published Mar 13, 2009

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Lake Neusiedl and Lake Ferto
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Lake Neusiedl and Lake Ferto

Straddling Austria and Hungary, the lake is also known as the “Sea of the Viennese.”

Published Apr 10, 2017

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Ice Covers Lake Baikal
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Ice Covers Lake Baikal

Accessed January 24, 2011, this natural-color image shows ice coating Lake Baikal.

Published Jan 24, 2011

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Lake Beloye
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Lake Beloye

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

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Lake Puma Yumco, Tibet, China
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Lake Puma Yumco, Tibet, China

The alpine lakes of the Tibetan Plateau are some of the most remote in the world. This mosaic of astronaut photographs, taken along a single International Space Station orbit track, depicts Lake Puma Yumco during the winter season. The lake is located at an elevation of 5,030 meters above sea level (16,503 feet), and is considered ultraoligotrophic, meaning that nutrient concentrations in both the water column and lake sediments are extremely low. Water in such lakes tends to be blue to blue-green and to have high clarity due to low levels of photosynthesizing organisms such as phytoplankton. Color change in these lakes is usually due to shallowing of the water—blue indicating deeper water. A depth transition is visible along the west-southwest shoreline of Lake Puma Yumco at the lower left of image. The most striking feature of the image mosaic, however, is the intricate ice block pattern on the lake surface.

Published Feb 27, 2006

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Ice Melting on Lake Baikal
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Ice Melting on Lake Baikal

People and satellites keep an eye on when ice on the world’s deepest lake melts each year.

Published May 10, 2012

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Mono Lake, California
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Mono Lake, California

Published Jan 13, 2008

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Lake Eyre Filling Peaks
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Lake Eyre Filling Peaks

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

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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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Submarine Vehicle Probes Beneath an Ice Sheet
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Submarine Vehicle Probes Beneath an Ice Sheet

A submarine vehicle built by a JPL scientist and Arizona State University students surveys Lake Whillans, which is 800 meters below an ice sheet.

Published Mar 17, 2013

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Lake Fitri, Chad
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Lake Fitri, Chad

In the desert, a lake shows a long fight between water, wind, and climate.

Published Feb 20, 2012

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Chilean Lake Disappears
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Chilean Lake Disappears

Published Jul 8, 2007

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