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Slowly Flooding History

The 12,000-year old town of Hasankeyf could soon be underwater due to the construction of a new dam.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kasha Patel.

Published March 17, 2020
Data acquired February 22, 2019 - March 12, 2020

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Collection:
Renewable and Alternative Energy