Suggested Searches

1 Min Read

Snow Depth Depicted on Mt. Lyell by NASA’s Airborne Snow Observatory

A natural color image of Mt. Lyell, the highest point in the Tuolumne River Basin (top image) is compared with a three-dimensional color composite image of Mt. Lyell from NASA's Airborne Snow Observatory depicting snow depth (bottom image).
PIA17772
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Image Addition Date:
Target:
Is a satellite of:

Description

A natural color image of Mt. Lyell, the highest point in the Tuolumne River Basin (top image) is compared with a three-dimensional color composite image of Mt. Lyell from NASA's Airborne Snow Observatory depicting snow depth (bottom image). Mt. Lyell holds the Lyell glacier, which has been in sustained retreat since the 1800s

For more information about the Airborne Snow Observatory, visit: http://aso.jpl.nasa.gov/. For more on NASA's Airborne Science program, visit: http://airbornescience.nasa.gov.

The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.