Why Lake Baikal?
Russia’s Lake Baikal is the world’s deepest lake, with a depth of more than 1,600 meters or 5250 feet. As a USGS fact sheet points out, Lake Baikal’s depth and size make it the world’s largest freshwater lake, with about one fifth of the world’s total surface fresh water. That means Lake Baikal contains as much water as the five Great Lakes put together. Target audience: Teachers and instructors looking for earth-science exercises and projects, anyone interested in landscapes and geology, or anyone who enjoys exercising their eyes and brain. Overview of the images: This page uses two NASA MODIS satellite images. The two images combine to show Lake Baikal and two mountain regions to the southwest and northeast. The images are true-color images, and so green in the northeast image shows late-summer vegetation, and brown in the southwest image shows late winter barrenness. White is snow or clouds, with the clouds usually whispy or blurry. The images are a product of NASA’s MODIS program.
