Lake Superior Satellite Image

The two images to the left show the same area in australia with a river and salt pan.

Lake superior satellite image. Historical imagery is sourced from microsoft and esri. Ontario is bordered by the james bay hudson bay lake superior lake ontario the united states to the south quebec to the east and manitoba to the west. Current observed ice cover wind and air temperature. Great lakes modis imagery.

Explore ontario canada using google earth google earth is a free program from google that allows you to explore satellite images showing the cities and landscapes of ontario and all of. Coastwatch is a nationwide national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa program within which the great lakes environmental research laboratory glerl functions as the great lakes regional node. In this true color photo like image ice floating on the surface of lake superior ranges in color from white to pale gray blue. Modis true color images of the great lakes by lake.

What looks like red in the picture is actually shortwave infrared. These links to the great lakes coastal forecasting system nowcast forecast pages include. Nasa noaa satellite suomi npp and modis aqua and terra provide continuous imagery for am at local 10 30am and pm at local 1 30pm. In this capacity glerl obtains produces and delivers environmental data and products for near real time observation of the great lakes to.

He s describing the bitterly cold and frozen scene on lake superior during his february 2014 trek on the ice near the coast of ashland wisconsin. Nasa satellite captures image of autumn colored leaves spreading around lake superior fall is making its way across the us which means leaves will begin to turn yellow red and orange. We combined landsat s red green and blue bands to make the image. The moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer on nasa s aqua satellite captured this image of the lake and its surroundings on march 3 2009.

Unreasonably frequent reloading or hotlinking of these images into outside web pages adversely affects noaa s ability to serve the public and is forbidden violation of this policy may be cause to temporarily block access to this site or pursue legal action in response to a denial of service attack on a federal government computer. Image 36 author craig childs is not describing an arctic lake. Great lakes environmental research laboratory. Daily imagery is provided by services from nasa s gibs part of eosdis.

Zoom out to view the scene from a satellite perspective and it s apparent that lake superior is not the only lake to feel the freeze. The first image shows the area the way a human would see it. Current ice cover conditions coastwatch and glsea.