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A Grand New Dam on the Nile

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will boost electricity production and development in Ethiopia, but could have less desirable consequences for other users of Nile River water.  


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using data from the Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive & Distribution System (LAADS) and Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE), Black Marble data from NASA/GSFC, and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published April 19, 2022
Data acquired 2021

Sources:
Aqua > MODIS
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 8 > OLI
Suomi NPP > VIIRS
Terra > MODIS
Collections:
Renewable and Alternative Energy
Science in Action