The Shrinking Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is shrinking. Driven by upstream water diversions and a shifting climate, the largest saline lake in the Western Hemisphere has experienced a severe, decades-long decline. This time series captures the transformation of the Great Salt Lake, watching it plummet from historic highs in the 1980s to record low water levels in the 2020s.
A natural-color Landsat time series of the Great Salt Lake, spanning from 1984 to 2023, highlighting the dramatic loss of water over time.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Visualizers
- Ross K. Walter (SSAI)
- Allison Nussbaum (SSAI)
Missions
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[Landsat]
ID: 47
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Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 3:36 PM EDT.