Comment on End of an era: Landsat 7 mission takes final imagesComments−tiffanyh1yIn the Las Vegas slider, the Lake Mead before/after difference is startling.−trhway1yAral Sea (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSea - notice the 1960 outline in pale yellow before starting the 2000-2018 playback) and Lake Chad i'd say even more startling.−syncsynchalt1yThe after photo is actually _up_ substantially from 2022.−whimsicalism1yyou can also see a massive solar plant in red in the bottom right(and maybe also wind - although why they would both be red is beyond me)−Dalewyn1yI'm more intrigued at the increased green of the landscape at large, did the water supply actually improve to encourage more plant growth?−stouset1yThe diminishing quantities of blue stuff got put on the brown stuff to turn it into green stuff.−eep_social1yBy people, in case that isn’t clear.−syncsynchalt1yMay is much greener than July.−daamsie1yThe photo from '99 was taken in May. The recent one was in July.−syncsynchalt1yOther way 'round. That's why the after photo is so green, May is much greener than July.−foolfoolz1ythis is because we siphon water from rivers, mostly for agriculture
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In the Las Vegas slider, the Lake Mead before/after difference is startling.
Aral Sea (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSea - notice the 1960 outline in pale yellow before starting the 2000-2018 playback) and Lake Chad i'd say even more startling.
The after photo is actually _up_ substantially from 2022.
you can also see a massive solar plant in red in the bottom right
(and maybe also wind - although why they would both be red is beyond me)
I'm more intrigued at the increased green of the landscape at large, did the water supply actually improve to encourage more plant growth?
The diminishing quantities of blue stuff got put on the brown stuff to turn it into green stuff.
By people, in case that isn’t clear.
May is much greener than July.
The photo from '99 was taken in May. The recent one was in July.
Other way 'round. That's why the after photo is so green, May is much greener than July.
this is because we siphon water from rivers, mostly for agriculture