Surrounded by a mixture of green landscape and dry landscape is Clear Lake, which appears a vibrant light green. The lake has a peninsula jutting into the side of it from the bottom of the image, from that point the lake stretches into two more longitudinal legs to the bottom right, and to the left is the majority of the surface area of the lake, more open and rounded, stretching up to the left. Below and this section farm land is discernable and to the left or the lake is a notable population center. Another population center is at the bottom right, and there are some smaller ones scattered around the coastline.

Clear Lake Clouded by Algae

The nutrient-loaded Northern California lake turned green with algal growth in spring 2024. View the full story

Credits: NASA Earth Observatory / Wanmei Liang

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TakenMay 15, 2024

Image CreditNASA Earth Observatory / Wanmei Liang

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