Ice on the Great Lakes

Credit: Image courtesy Jacques Descloitre, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC, Posted on: Tuesday, 10 February 2004, 06:00 CST Download full size image

It is not unusual for the surface of Lake Erie to be covered by ice this time of year. This true-color image was taken on February 8, 2004, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra satellite. The scene shows ice covers most of Lake Erie, with the exception of a long narrow swath of surface water visible along its northern coastline. The opening in the ice reveals light blue and turquoise patterns in the water, probably the result of sediments. Ice has also formed along most of the western coastline of Lake Huron, to the north. (This false-color image, produced using a different MODIS band combination, can help in distinguishing snow and ice from clouds.)

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