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Lake Urmia Shrivels Again

A few years after a fresh influx of water raised its levels, the large lake has nearly gone dry.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Lake Urmia Shrivels Again.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published October 10, 2023
Data acquired September 6, 2020 - September 7, 2023