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Clear Lake Clouded by Algae

The nutrient-loaded Northern California lake turned green with algal growth in spring 2024.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Clear Lake Clouded by Algae.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published May 28, 2024
Data acquired May 15, 2024

Source:: Landsat 9 > OLI-2