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The Caspian Sea’s Shrinking Coastline

Dropping water levels have exposed new areas of dry land around the lake’s shallow northern side.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Joanne Howl/MODIS Image of the Day, adapted for Earth Observatory by Kathryn Hansen.

Published October 8, 2022
Data acquired September 20, 2006 - September 19, 2022

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Aqua > MODIS