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Freezing of Lakes

Terra/Aqua - MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) image of the
Lakes region on February 28, 2004. White sheets of ice float on Lake Huron, top left,
bottom center. Lake Ontario, right, remains free of ice because of its depth, though the land around it
is in winter's icy grip. The mean depth is 19 m in Lake Erie and 86 m in Lake Ontario.

eastern Great

and Lake Erie,

NASA. Production by The Visible Earth team (http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/).