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Data acquired April 8, 2005 1300 x 1000 442 KB - JPEG
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The Great Lakes of North America - Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario, and Erie - mark a dividing line between the still-snowy lands of southern Canada, and the beginning-to-bloom plains of the United State’s northern midwest. This true-color image, acquired on April 8, 2005, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite, shows the lakes as being almost entirely ice free. Superior, Michigan, and Huron tend to freeze and thaw late, and the lack of ice in these lakes is a testament to the relative warmth of this past winter.
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Published April 11, 2005 Data acquired April 8, 2005