Acquired March 4, 2010, this true-color image shows snow covering the ground from Missouri to the beyond the Great Lakes. Uniform snow cover in the southwest gives way to a mixture of snow and forest in the northeast.
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.
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.