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Sediment Ablation at Laguna Mar Chiquita, Argentina
August 3, 2012 | NASA Earth Observatory

Prolonged drought and evaporating water has reduced the size of Laguna Mar Chiquita, a shallow lake in Argentina. The size has been reduced from about 2,230 square miles down to about 760 square miles, exposing nearly 1500 square miles of lake sediment to ablation.


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