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A series of winter storms have pushed reservoirs in the Sacramento Valley to the brim—and one dam to the breaking point.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published February 14, 2017
Data acquired February 11, 2017

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Suomi NPP > VIIRS