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A Lake Born out of an Earthquake

Reelfoot Lake in Tennessee formed as a result of shifts in Earth’s surface.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story A Lake Born out of an Earthquake.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published December 22, 2023
Data acquired November 27, 2023

Source:: Landsat 9 > OLI-2