Previous Animation Next Animation Ice Covers the Great Lakes On March 9, 2003, four of the five Great Lakes were completely covered in ice. It is very rare for Lake Superior to be completely iced over.    A view of the Great Lakes on September 16, 2002. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 7 MB   320 x 240         JPEG     13 KB    A view of the Great Lakes on December 3, 2002. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 8 MB   320 x 240         JPEG     17 KB    A view of the Great Lakes on December 10, 2002. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 7 MB   320 x 240         JPEG     16 KB    A view of Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario on January 27, 2003. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 7 MB   320 x 240         JPEG     16 KB    A view of the Great Lakes on March 9, 2003. Note how Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are completely frozen over. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 7 MB   160 x 80           PNG       24 KB   320 x 240         JPEG     15 KB   80 x 40             PNG         6 KB Animation Number: 2740 Completed: 2003-03-14 Animator: Joycelyn Thomson (NASA/GSFC) (Lead) Scientist: Jacques Descloitres (NASA/GSFC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: Aqua/MODIS   Terra/MODIS Data Collected: 09/16/2002, 12/03/2002, 12/10/2002, 01/27/2003, 03/09/2003 Keywords: DLESE >> Cryology SVS >> Ice GCMD >> Location >> Great Lakes     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio,MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov) Back to Top

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