Utah Lake 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 Utah Lake, 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. Utah Lake is a large, shallow freshwater lake adjacent to the Provo-Orem metropolitan area in Utah County and is the third largest lake in Utah. Water from the lake is used for irrigation, recreation, industry, and wildlife. Utah Lake is approximately 23 miles long, 13 miles wide, and maximum depth of about 15 feet. Due to its large surface area, shallow depth, and high summer temperatures, evaporation accounts for greater than 40 percent of the annual outflow. During the winter months, Utah Lake freezes over and often experiences ice floes and shoreline ice pileup. This winter image shows a frozen Utah Lake with multiple pressure cracks. This image of Utah Lake was captured on January 18, 2017, by the Multispectral Imager onboard the European Space Agency Sentinel-2A satellite. The image was enhanced to bring out the fissures in the lake as well as snow and the surrounding vegetation. The image was integrated with terrain data to provide topographic relief.

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