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A Network of Dried Lakes

Water levels—and the compositions of brines—have varied over time at Searles Lake and the adjacent lakes.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Bennu OSIRIS-REx photo originally published in Kaplan, et al. courtesy of Hannah Kaplan. Ceres image of Occator Crater from the Dawn mission and courtesy of the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio. Trona Pinnacles photo by Bob Wick for the California Bureau of Land Management. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published February 4, 2025
Data acquired 2024

Sources:
Dawn
Landsat 9 > OLI-2
OSIRIS-REx
Photograph
Terra > MODIS