File:Lake Balkash (MODIS 2018-04-06).jpg

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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a stunning true-color image of the changing of the seasons on Lake Balkhash.

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English: Winter was beginning to loosen its firm, frigid grasp on southeastern Kazakhstan in early April 2018. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard NASA’s Terra satellite acquired a stunning true-color image of the changing of the seasons on Lake Balkhash.

A heavy layer of white ice covers the eastern section of the 17,000 square kilometer (6,564 sq. mi) lake, evidence of recent frigid temperatures across the region. In contrast, the western portion of the lake sports patches of open water topped, in some areas, by a thin layer of ice. Here the ice takes on a bluish cast typical of thin, water-logged ice seen in spring melt.

Lake Balkhash is the largest lake in Central Asia and the fifteenth-largest in the world.
Date Taken on 2 April 2018
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Lake Balkash (direct link)

This image or video was catalogued by Goddard Space Flight Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: 2018-04-06.

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Author Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
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