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Shrinking Lake Abert

As the lake in southern Oregon dries up, the remaining water is becoming too salty to support key food sources for birds.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. All photographs by Ron Larson. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published January 27, 2023
Data acquired October 19, 2002 - October 18, 2022

Sources:
Landsat 7 > ETM+
Landsat 8 > OLI
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