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The Floating Islands of India

Loktak Lake is home to floating islands that house a national park and a school, but the unique ecosystem is being threatened.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using data from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Photo by Sharada Prasad CS (Flickr: CSP_4615.JPG) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Story by Kasha Patel.

Published May 7, 2018
Data acquired March 19, 2018

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Terra > ASTER