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A Remote Lake with a Rich History

Lake Turkana is the largest desert lake in the world and contains a treasure trove of early human fossils.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Kasha Patel.

Published February 2, 2021
Data acquired December 10, 2020

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Landsat 8 > OLI