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Visualizing the Highs and Lows of Lake Mead

In May 2016, the reservoir behind Hoover Dam reached its lowest level since the 1930s.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published May 27, 2016
Data acquired May 15, 1984 - May 23, 2016

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 8 > OLI