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Wild Swings in Great Lakes Ice

Despite a cold snap in February, low ice cover prevailed across the lakes in winter 2020-2021.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Wild Swings in Great Lakes Ice.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership and lake ice data from NOAA - Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published March 4, 2021
Data acquired February 20 - March 3, 2021

Sources:: In situ Measurement; Suomi NPP > VIIRS