Lake Effects of Lake Michigan, Slow Push-in

  • Released Friday, January 18, 2002
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Today's SeaWiFS image of Lake Michigan shows a lake effect where clear dry air moves eastward as it traverses the lake and forming dense clouds by the time it reaches the Michigan shore.

View of Great Lakes and surrounding area, covered in snow clouds.

Close-up of cloud-covered Lake Michigan.

Close-up of cloud-covered Lake Michigan.

Video slate image reads "Lake Effect from Lake Michigan: viewed by SeaWiFS January 17, 2002".

Video slate image reads "Lake Effect from Lake Michigan: viewed by SeaWiFS January 17, 2002".

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, The SeaWiFS Project and GeoEye, Scientific Visualization Studio. NOTE: All SeaWiFS images and data presented on this web site are for research and educational use only. All commercial use of SeaWiFS data must be coordinated with GeoEye (NOTE: In January 2013, DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combined to become DigitalGlobe).

This page was originally published on Friday, January 18, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

Datasets used in this visualization

  • [SeaStar: SeaWiFS]

    ID: 100
    Sensor: SeaWiFS Dates used: 01/17/2002

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