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Sand Mining at Poyang Lake

Intensive sand mining has dramatically changed the northern branch of China’s largest freshwater lake.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published March 18, 2016
Data acquired December 24, 2013

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 8 > OLI