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Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska’s North Slope

On January 11, 2006, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) approved oil and gas drilling on approximately 500,000 acres of land in and around Teshekpuk Lake on Alaska’s North Slope within the National Petroleum Reserve.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska’s North Slope.

Image courtesy NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

Published March 22, 2006
Data acquired August 15, 2000

Source:: Terra > ASTER