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Data acquired July 6, 2000
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Data acquired July 3, 2022
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Data acquired July 3, 2022
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Data acquired December 1, 2000 - 2022
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Lake Mead Keeps Dropping

Water levels are at their lowest since 1937.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Lake Mead Keeps Dropping.

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

Published July 20, 2022
Data acquired July 6, 2000 - July 3, 2022

Sources:: In situ Measurement; Landsat 7 > ETM+; Landsat 8 > OLI; Landsat 9 > OLI-2