New satellite imagery shows Lake Powell’s water levels at the lowest they’ve been since 1967, dropping 98 feet (about 30 meters) in the last 5 years. The lake, which is the second-largest reservoir in the U.S., is at just 26% capacity due to an unyielding drought. Visit the link in our bio for more “Images of change.”
Video description: Video alternates between an August 2017 satellite image of Lake Powell and an August 2022 image. The words "Diminishing Lake Powell" appear at the bottom right, along with the date for each image. Lake Powell is labeled in the center.
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On July 19 and 20, 2022, NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites captured these images of smoke plumes from wildfires burning in Portugal, Spain, and France. The orange dots are where the spacecraft measured active fires.
The blazes were fueled by hot, dry conditions stemming from a drier-than-normal winter and spring that has worsened drought conditions across much of Europe, according to the @europeancommission.
The heat wave rolling across western Europe produced record-high temperatures, with many regions rising above 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius).
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