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Data acquired August 6, 2022
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Lake Powell Still Shrinking

The second largest reservoir in the United States now stands at its lowest level since it was filled in the mid-1960s.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Lake Powell Still Shrinking.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and lake elevation data from the Bureau of Reclamation. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published August 23, 2022
Data acquired August 16, 2017 - August 6, 2022