Data acquired October 12, 1987
720 x 480
JPEG

Data acquired October 12, 1987
4295 x 2863
3 MB - JPEG

Data acquired October 9, 2021
720 x 480
JPEG

Data acquired October 9, 2021
4295 x 2863
2 MB - JPEG

Shrinking Glaciers and Growing Lakes

As temperatures rise on the Tibetan Plateau, lakes are growing larger and deeper.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Shrinking Glaciers and Growing Lakes.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published October 18, 2021
Data acquired October 12, 1987 - October 9, 2021