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Relic Chinampas in Mexico City

Many of the canals and floating fields used by ancient civilizations in the Valley of Mexico were lost as lakes were drained, but some examples of the watery fields remain in Xochimilco.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Photograph by Lauren Dauphin. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published December 13, 2022
Data acquired September 10, 2022

Sources:
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
Photograph