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Time Series of Water in Lake Hamoun, Iran/Afghanistan

Between 1999 and 2001, Lake Hamoun in Iran near the Afghanistan border all but dried up and disappeared. By May 2003, water had returned to the lake. These three images show a time series of changes to the lake. The images from left to right are from August 1999, May 2001, and May 2003.

Credit: Landsat 7 +ETM sensor extracted at 240m resolution from http://glovis.usgs.gov managed by Eros Data Center, USGS.
url: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/2004/2004082717537.html

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