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Data acquired 1984 - 2018 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired 1984 - 2018 4096 x 2731 727 KB - JPEG
Data acquired June 12, 1986 - June 9, 2020 720 x 480 JPEG
Data acquired June 12, 1986 1848 x 1848 618 KB - JPEG
Data acquired June 9, 2020 1848 x 1848 605 KB - JPEG
In the past 35 years, one third of large rivers in the United States have changed their dominant color, often due to sediments or algae.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Gardner, J., et al. (2020) and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kasha Patel.
Published February 26, 2021 Data acquired 1984 - 2018