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Joking about Mimas’ size in respect of Saturn, a user commented, “I thought that spot was dirt on my screen. Since being shared, the Instagram post has garnered more than 6,28,000 likes. “Together, Cassini-Huygens revealed much about the stormy gas giant and its many moons, showing us that Titan may be one of the best places to search for life in our solar system,” the caption further read. Cassini, accompanied by Huygens Probe landed on the surface of Saturn’s largest moon Titan in 2005, becoming the very “first human-made object to land on a world in the distant outer solar system.” It also holds the record for making the most distant landing from Earth. Seasons on the ringed planet last seven Earth years,” NASA explained in the caption.Ī brief history of the Cassini spacecraft was also attached to the Instagram post. “Though the lean in the image is just a result of the perspective of Cassini, Saturn is similarly tilted like Earth. Just beneath the rings, one could notice the moon Mimas appearing as a small dot. The rings of Saturn which were captured at an angle, could be seen creating a thin line across the planet’s yellow surface. In the caption of the post, NASA also shared a description of the photograph. Geological Survey and National Park Service will be documenting the shifts in sediment along the river over the coming weeks.Ĭontact Colton Lochhead at Follow on Twitter.A post shared by NASA Cassini spacecraft managed to take the picture when it was studying Saturn’s atmosphere, magnetosphere, moons and rings, zooming through the planet’s system. Long-term drought that has led to a hotter, dryer climate in the Southwest and less water flowing into the Colorado River each year has forced federal water managers to prioritize keeping more water in Lake Powell. This year’s high flow experiment was the first conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation since 2018. NASA Earth Imagery NASA's SPoRT Disaster Response Team Provides Imagery for Illinois Tornadoes On April 9, 2015, severe thunderstorms produced several reports of damaging wind, hail, and tornadoes including one particularly strong (EF-4) long-track tornado across north-central Illinois. The high-flow releases are meant to mimic natural flooding that would normally carry the sediment downstream. That drop-off in sand has led to a significant reduction in the number and size of sandbars in the Colorado River, areas that are frequented by campers and rafters and are considered important habitats for aquatic and bird species. Over 50 different global datasets are represented with daily, weekly, and monthly snapshots, and images are available in a variety of formats.

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Since construction on Glen Canyon Dam was completed in 1963, the amount of sand that flows into the Grand Canyon has been reduced by more than 90 percent, according to the United States Geological Survey. Welcome to NASA Earth Observations, where you can browse and download imagery of satellite data from NASAs Earth Observing System. “While there are small changes in the orientation of shadows between the two images, most of the changes visible in the river are due to higher water levels associated with the high-flow experiment,” the agency said in a news release. The before and after photos published by the NASA Earth Observatory show subtle yet significant shifts in the amount and location of sand buildup along the stretch of the river below Lake Powell’s Glen Canyon Dam as it meanders through Horseshoe Bend and Marble Canyon. That is far above the dam’s typical releases, which range from 8,000 to 25,000 cubic feet per second. Thanks to the watchful eye of NASA’s Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 satellites, we can now see just how much change that deluge brought to the river.Īfter one of the West’s wettest winters in years, the Bureau of Reclamation conducted what it calls a “High Flow Experiment” between April 24 and 27 by releasing up to 39,500 cubic feet of water per second from the dam over a 72-hour period.

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Bureau of Reclamation released a torrent of water from Glen Canyon Dam last month as a way of shoring up the sandbars and beaches along the Colorado River. The Glen Canyon Dam with Colorado River flowing out below on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Page, AZ.

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