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Record Low for Great Salt Lake

Low water levels are due to recent trends in precipitation and long-term trends in consumption by humans.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and lake elevations from the National Water Information System. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published August 17, 2021
Data acquired July 29, 2017 - July 24, 2021

Sources:
In situ Measurement
Landsat 8 > OLI