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Toxic Algae Bloom in Lake Erie

Algae covers much of Lake Erie’s western basin in these images, taken in early October 2011, when one the the largest blooms in recent decades spread across the lake.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Toxic Algae Bloom in Lake Erie.

Landsat image created for NASA’s Earth Observatory by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using data provided courtesy of the United States Geological Survey. MODIS Rapid Response imagery provided courtesy of Jeff Schmaltz. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published October 14, 2011
Data acquired October 5, 2011

Sources:: Aqua > MODIS; Landsat 5 > TM