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While farms remain a major source of water pollution, signs of improvements are beginning to emerge.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. NASA Earth Observatory map by Joshua Stevens. Caption by Adam Voiland. With input from Mark Dubin (Chesapeake Bay Program) and Jason Scott (Scott’s Seeds).

Published August 12, 2016
Data acquired 2016

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI