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Re:End of an era: Landsat 7 mission takes final images by tiffanyh on Thursday September 26, 2024 @06:07PM (#41664021)
In the Las Vegas slider, the Lake Mead before/after difference is startling.
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Re:End of an era: Landsat 7 mission takes final images by Dalewyn on Thursday September 26, 2024 @06:10PM (#41664050)
I'm more intrigued at the increased green of the landscape at large, did the water supply actually improve to encourage more plant growth?
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Re:End of an era: Landsat 7 mission takes final images by stouset on Thursday September 26, 2024 @06:13PM (#41664074)
The diminishing quantities of blue stuff got put on the brown stuff to turn it into green stuff.
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Re:End of an era: Landsat 7 mission takes final images by eep_social on Thursday September 26, 2024 @06:46PM (#41664352)
By people, in case that isn’t clear.
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Re:End of an era: Landsat 7 mission takes final images by daamsie on Thursday September 26, 2024 @07:21PM (#41664626)
The photo from '99 was taken in May. The recent one was in July.
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Re:End of an era: Landsat 7 mission takes final images by syncsynchalt on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:58PM (#41665542)
Other way 'round. That's why the after photo is so green, May is much greener than July.
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Re:End of an era: Landsat 7 mission takes final images by syncsynchalt on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:58PM (#41665545)
May is much greener than July.
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Re:End of an era: Landsat 7 mission takes final images by whimsicalism on Thursday September 26, 2024 @08:56PM (#41665233)
you can also see a massive solar plant in red in the bottom right

(and maybe also wind - although why they would both be red is beyond me)

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Re:End of an era: Landsat 7 mission takes final images by syncsynchalt on Thursday September 26, 2024 @09:57PM (#41665537)
The after photo is actually _up_ substantially from 2022.
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Re:End of an era: Landsat 7 mission takes final images by foolfoolz on Thursday September 26, 2024 @10:56PM (#41665829)
this is because we siphon water from rivers, mostly for agriculture
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Re:End of an era: Landsat 7 mission takes final images by trhway on Friday September 27, 2024 @06:54AM (#41668766)
Aral Sea (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSea - notice the 1960 outline in pale yellow before starting the 2000-2018 playback) and Lake Chad i'd say even more startling.
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