The OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8 captured an image of Kachemak Bay’s turbid, cloudy waters on September 20, 2024. This cloudiness comes from glacial flour: bits of pulverized rock ground down by glaciers that has the consistency of flour. Several meltwater streams rich with the particles, sometimes called suspended sediment, absorb and scatter sunlight in ways that turn water a milky […]
Category:
Earth
Posted on
March 6, 2025
Sign up for our newsletter:
Categories
354
2
121
1
1
171
2
2
10
2
1
4
221
7
2
134
10
1
10
14
10
1
4
1
32
20
345
42
624
1
1
291
6
3
10
33
1
1
6
1
11
1
3
212
4
1
20
17
29
1
1
1
1
1
65
2
25
10
1
18
52
1
41
196
23
6
2
1
1
369
5
15
106
11
51
1
44
3
3
24
18
157
1
3
17
1
1
103
102
4
134
10
12
18
89
1
39
37
4
5
15
384
5
59
25
4
18
2
1
198
25
1
6
37
8
2
16
6
4
6
1
3
11
2
17
2
5
10
103
1
43
10
2
1
2
10
149
1
2
3
344
1
3
32
3
1
28
11
4
1
148
3
1
108
14
29
2
12
43
5
1
1
1
1
10
14
6
1
13
1
11
3
1
2
40
1
262
10
54
1
14
32
13
1