Satellite view of the Great Lakes region USA, early Spring, with Winter snows retreating


As spring matures in North America snow retreats to the lands north of the Great Lakes In the northern Mid Atlantic right and Upper Midwest left regions of the U S bare ground has been exposed and a few scattered fires red dots indicate that farmers in the region may be clearing brush and preparing for spring planting This true color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MODIS from the Aqua satellite on April 10 2003 shows ice still clinging to shorelines in west to east lakes Superior Michigan Huron Erie and Ontario South of Lake Ontario in New York slivers of dark blue water are the glacier carved Finger Lakes


Size: 5070px × 3900px
Location: Great Lakes USA
Photo credit: © NASA / Dembinsky Photo Associates / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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