• Two views of a large lake in the mountains of Bolivia. The left view shows a full lake whereas the second view shows the lake dried up.
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    Once Bolivia’s second-largest lake and an important local fishing resource, Lake Poopó has dried up. The Landsat 8 satellite captured these before and after images of this shallow and salty lake located high in the Andes Mountains. 

    Shallow lakes depend on rain and inflowing rivers to recharge themselves. Drought and the diverting of lake water for agriculture and mining are believed to be the reasons for the lake’s disappearance.

  • Two views of a large lake in the mountains of Bolivia. The left view shows a full lake whereas the second view shows the lake dried up.

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