Water Level in Lake Powell
Among the dams on the Colorado River is the Glen Canyon Dam, which creates Lake Powell. This series of natural-color Landsat images shows the dramatic drop in Lake Powell’s water level between 1999 and 2025 caused by prolonged drought and water withdrawals.
Landsat images show Lake Powell's water levels drop between 1999 and 2025.
For More Information
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/lake_powell.php
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animators
- Mark Malanoski (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Amy Moran (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Writer
- Heather Hanson (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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[Landsat-7]
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Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, September 1, 2017.
This page was last updated on Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM EDT.