Acquired June 1, 2011, and June 4, 2010, these false-color images compare parts of the Missouri and Souris Rivers.
Land Floods
Geography and a prolonged period of wet weather have made flooding common on this river in the Northern Plains.
Image of the Day Land Water Floods Human Presence Remote Sensing
Acquired May 1, 2011, this natural-color image shows the James River completely filling the river valley near Jamesville, South Dakota.
Acquired June 5, 2011, and May 19, 2005, these false-color images compare conditions around Lewis and Clark Lake in South Dakota.
Floods
Acquired June 1, 2011, and May 29, 2010, these false-color images compare parts of the James and Little Minnesota Rivers.
Acquired June 24, 2010, this natural-color image shows the swollen James River covering normally dry land in the river valley.
Acquired June 5, 2011, and May 19, 2005, these false-color images compare conditions along the James River near Mitchell, South Dakota.
Acquired April 1 and 26, 2013, these images show receding snow cover and rising water around Fargo, North Dakota.
Land Water Floods
The Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite captured these natural-color views of snow cover, melting, and developing floods around Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn. in spring 2011.
Image of the Day Land Floods Snow and Ice
Warm temperatures and a heavy late-season snowpack led to flooding in Canada’s New Brunswick province.
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