
Lake Chad’s shrinking waters
This comparison shows Lake Chad imaged on 6 November 1984 by the US Landsat 5 satellite and on 31 October 2018 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite. The rapid decline of the lake’s waters in just 34 years is clear to see.
contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018), processed by ESA / USGS/ESA)
Image source