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Snow Drought on Mount Baker

The highest peak in the North Cascades was visibly affected by less precipitation falling as snow in 2015.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and glacier extent data courtesy of Andrew Fountain, Glaciers of the American West Project, Portland State University. Caption by Kathryn Hansen.

Published July 30, 2015
Data acquired July 3, 2013 - July 9, 2015

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI