Bonneville Basin Satellite Image
Document Type
Map
Publication Date
2-5-2023
Abstract
As a contribution to the Utah as Art collection created by UtahView, a member of the AmericaView consortium (https://americaview.org/), this image of the Bonneville Basin, Utah is intended to act as an educational resource to increase interest in the contributions of remote sensing satellites as an aid to Earth resource management. The Bonneville Basin is a system of endorheic basins located in northwestern Utah, once occupied by ancient Lake Bonneville, a Pleistocene pluvial lake that occupied the area from 32,000 to 14,500 years ago. Remnants of Lake Bonneville include the Great Salt Lake, Sevier Lake, and Utah Lake. Prominent features include the Newfoundland Range (center right) and the Pilot Range along the western edge. Light to deep blue areas represent variations in standing water and soil moisture, with lighter blues composed of snow along the mountain ranges, and deeper blues representing frozen or standing water. This image of the Bonneville Basin was captured on December 17, 2019, by the Multispectral Imager onboard the European Space Agency Sentinel-2A satellite. The image was overlain onto terrain relief data and enhanced to emphasize water and soil moisture characteristics.
Recommended Citation
McGinty, Ellie Leydsman and Ramsey, R. Douglas, "Bonneville Basin Satellite Image" (2023). Wildland Resources Faculty Publications. Paper 3255.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wild_facpub/3255