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Cooper Creek Replenishes Lake Eyre

Another major tributary reached the Australian outback lake in 2025, extending the months-long flood of the vast, ephemeral inland sea.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Cooper Creek Replenishes Lake Eyre.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published September 17, 2025
Data acquired June 20 - September 15, 2025