Gallery: Great Lakes Approach Record With Over 90 Percent Ice Cover
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Ice cover on the Great Lakes on Mar. 6, when the extent was near record-levels
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Change in ice levels during the record-setting 1979 extent. Top row: Jan 11, 1979; Feb 16, 1979. Bottom row: Feb 25, 1979; May 17, 1979.
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False-color infrared image of the Great Lakes in February, when ice coverage exceeded 80 percent.
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Fog over the Great Lakes in January
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Ice coverage around the shores of Lake Eerie in February. A shipping channel can be seen in the middle left.
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Ice stringers in the waters near the short of Lake Michigan’s Washington Island in February.
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