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Runoff Raises Lake Powell

Surging with fresh water from heavy winter snow melt, Lake Powell rose significantly in the summer of 2011 after many years of low levels.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, with Landsat 5 data from the USGS Global Visualization Viewer. Lake inflow and storage data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Upper Colorado Region Water Resources Group. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published August 12, 2011
Data acquired August 8, 2011

Sources:
Landsat 5
Landsat 5 > TM