Algae Bloom in Lake Okeechobee

Cyanobacteria covered over half of the surface of Florida’s largest freshwater lake in mid-June 2023.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Algae Bloom in Lake Okeechobee.

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

Published July 14, 2023
Data acquired June 12, 2023