From late February to early March in most years, the winter cold freezes much of the surface area of the lakes. But not so much in 2020.
Published Apr 24, 2020
Astronauts onboard the International Space Station often observe small, otherwise unnoticed water bodies on the ground due to their unusual colors. For example, the Little Blue Run Dam and reservoir is located in western Pennsylvania, just south of the Ohio River. Another lake with color linked to commercial activity is Lake Gribben, located to the southeast of Ishpeming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Published May 19, 2002
The central Asian lake is fed by snowmelt but tugged by the Moon.
Published Mar 25, 2018
Straddling Austria and Hungary, the lake is also known as the “Sea of the Viennese.”
Published Apr 10, 2017
Lake Ontario, Lake Huron, the Finger Lakes of New York, and numerous other bodies of water are brilliantly lit by sunglint in this astronaut photograph.
Published Jul 22, 2012
One of the smaller lakes of the East African Rift is rich with mud, fish, and geologic beauty.
Published Jul 12, 2020
The largest freshwater lake in Mongolia is known as the “sister” to Lake Baikal. Together they hold 20 percent of the fresh water on the planet.
Published Dec 18, 2017
The world’s deepest lake was shedding some of its ice cover when the space station passed over in April 2014.
Published May 12, 2014
Pyramid Lake, in western Nevada, is a remnant of the ancient and much larger Lake Lahontan that formed during the last Ice Age.
Published Oct 18, 2010
Salt and algae lend color to the bed of this desert lake in Iran.
Published Feb 20, 2017
Long and short. Deep and shallow. Salty and fresh. Blue and brown. These are Africa’s Lake Tanganyika and Lake Rukwa.
Published Jun 20, 2019
Acquired September 2, 2000, this natural-color image shows the area around Liverpool Bay in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Published Aug 21, 2011
