acquired June 1, 2009
Lake Tuz
Downloads
- Lake_Tuz_321_crop_2.tif (TIFF)
Metadata
- Sensor(s):
- Landsat 5 - TM
- Data Date: June 1, 2009
- Visualization Date: December 22, 2011
Lake Tuz (Tuz Gölü meaning Salt Lake in Turkish) is located slightly west of central Turkey. It is one of the world’s largest hypersaline lakes with a surface area of approximately 625 square miles.
In this image Lake Tuz is white, bright cyan, blue and green. Vegetation is green and bare ground is tan.
This Landsat 5 image was acquired June 2009. It is a true color image using TM bands 3, 2, and 1. Lake Tuz falls on Landsat WRS-2 Path 176 Row 33.
NASA GSFC Landsat/LDCM EPO Team