Lake Shasta, California

Shasta Lake in northern California has an area of 12,000 ha, making it the state’s largest reservoir. Impacts of the continuing drought in the western US is evident in the two ASTER images acquired 9 years apart. The images were acquired September 9, 2005 and September 2, 2014. They cover an area of 27.6 x 40.4 km, and are located at 40.6 degrees north, 122.4 degrees west.

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Lake Shasta 2005 Type: (JPG) Size: (1,013,564 bytes) Resolution ( 2,696 x 1,841 )

Lake Shasta 2014 Type: (JPG) Size: (899,951 bytes) Resolution ( 2,696 x 1,841 )