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Lake Powell Reaches New Low

Water levels at Glen Canyon Dam have fallen to their lowest level since 1969 and are still dropping.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and lake elevation data from the Bureau of Reclamation. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published September 23, 2021
Data acquired September 1, 2017 - August 27, 2021

Sources:
In situ Measurement
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 7 > ETM+
Landsat 8 > OLI