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Lake Erie

At the end of winter the ice is nearly all gone from Lake Erie, and growing phytoplankton populations are revealed mingling with suspended sediments in this relatively shallow Great Lake.

The above Aqua/MODIS image was collected on March 12, 2021. Click on it to get a larger version that includes all of the Great Lakes.