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When the water gets saltier in Iran’s largest lake, the microscopic inhabitants can turn the water dark red.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using MODIS data from the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland, with information from Amin Eimanifar (University of Florida) and Mohammed Tourian (University of Stuttgart).
Published July 26, 2016 Data acquired April 20 - July 18, 2016