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Sierra Nevada Snowpack Remains Abundant as Summer Begins

Thanks to a series of drought-busting storms, the mountain range has unusually thick and extensive snow cover this year.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Sierra Nevada Snowpack Remains Abundant as Summer Begins.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens and Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and Terra MODIS data from the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LPDAAC). Story by Adam Voiland and Mike Carlowicz.

Published June 15, 2017
Data acquired June 7, 2017