A Proliferation of Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau - related image preview

720 x 480
JPEG

A Proliferation of Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau - related image preview

3008 x 2005
4 MB - JPEG

A Proliferation of Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau - related image preview

720 x 480
JPEG

A Proliferation of Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau - related image preview

3008 x 2005
4 MB - JPEG

A Proliferation of Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau - related image preview

720 x 480
JPEG

A Proliferation of Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau

Satellites have documented lakes on the “roof of the world” becoming larger and more numerous over the past three decades.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published March 5, 2025
Data acquired August 1, 1994 - August 11, 2024

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 9 > OLI-2