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Ice Out on Northern Minnesota Lakes

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mbjellan

The ice went out in early May on many northern Minnesota lakes. For some lakes it was the latest ice-out date on record. NASA’s Earth Observatory captured fantastic images of the change between May 12 and May 16 with their MODIS satellite instrument.  Read more here

 

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MODIS image from NASA Earth Observatory on May 12, 2013.

 

 

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  1. Anna Versluis Avatar
    Anna Versluis

    Wow–I like how the two images not only capture ice-out but the greening of the landscape.

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