Disappearing Lake Tuz

Once the second-largest lake in Turkey, it now rarely spans an area much larger than a puddle.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and data courtesy of Aydin, F., Erlat, E., & Türkeş, M. (2020). Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published December 16, 2021
Data acquired August 9, 2021

Sources:

Landsat 5 > TM

Landsat 7 > ETM+

Landsat 8 > OLI