Lake Powell Satellite Image

Document Type

Map

Publication Date

1-1-2022

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 Lake Powell, 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 second largest reservoir in the United States, Lake Powell impounds water from the Colorado River. Lake Powell was created with the construction of Glen Canyon Dam in 1963. It took 17 years for the lake to fill Glen Canyon to the high-water mark of 3,700 feet above sea level. Eventually, Lake Powell became a vast blue lake surrounded by picturesque sandstone walls. While Lake Powell is recognized as a popular recreational destination and desert oasis, human demands on water in the west and a multi-year drought have caused a dramatic drop in lake levels in recent years. This image of Lake Powell was captured on September 1, 2017, by the Operational Land Imager onboard the NASA/USGS Landsat 8 satellite. The image was enhanced to highlight the surrounding semi-arid landscape and by integrating terrain data to provide relief.

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