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Surging Glacier Creates a New Lake

Local authorities are watching closely after a fast-advancing glacier in northern Pakistan blocked a stream and created a temporary lake.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Surging Glacier Creates a New Lake.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland, with information from Jeff Kargel (Planetary Science Institute), Cameron Watson (University of Arizona), Andreas Kääb (University of Oslo), and Umesh Haritashya (University of Dayton).

Published May 15, 2019
Data acquired April 5, 2018 - April 1, 2019

Source:: Landsat 8 > OLI