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Lake Powell Still Shrinking

The second largest reservoir in the United States now stands at its lowest level since it was filled in the mid-1960s.


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

Published August 23, 2022
Data acquired August 16, 2017 - August 6, 2022

Sources:
In situ Measurement
Landsat 8 > OLI
Landsat 9 > OLI-2