At a point near the center of this image, heavy sediment load to Lake Erie from both the Maumee River and from Sandusky Bay are readily apparent. Less apparent, but also visible is the heavy sediment load to Lake St. Clair from the two rivers on the east side of the lake. (large download) http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/realtime/single.php?2010078/crefl2_143.A2010078184000-2010078184500.250m.jpg This imagery above from the NASA Aqua Satellite platform MODIS instrument for Friday, 03/19/2010 The imagery below was from 03/18/2010 and shows Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair with no cloud cover. Large sediment influences from the rivers are readily apparent. The Great Lakes portion of the imagery is at the top middle... http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/realtime/single.php?2010077/crefl1_143.A2010077161500-2010077162000.250m.jpg Access the NASA MODIS real time imagery data here: http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ======================================== Alex J. Sagady & Associates http://www.sagady.com/ Twittering at: http://www.twitter.com/enviroenforcer Environmental Enforcement, Permit/Technical Review, Public Policy, Expert Witness Review and Litigation Investigation on Air, Water and Waste/Community Environmental and Resource Protection Prospectus at: http://www.sagady.com/sagady.pdf 657 Spartan Avenue, East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-6971; ajs at sagady.com ======================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20100320/51a36b67/attachment.html