Sierra Nevada Snowpack 2010 vs. 2015 (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Sierra Nevada Snowpack 2010 vs. 2015

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These two natural-color satellite images of the snow cover in the Sierra Nevada in California and Nevada show the last year with average winter snowfall, 2010, compared with 2015 -- a year that had the lowest snowpack in 500 years. The images were taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA's Aqua satellite.

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NASA/MODIS

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