Mystery Solved: NASA Reveals Why Canada's Lake Rouge Vanished Suddenly
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News18•12-01-2026, 03:00
Mystery Solved: NASA Reveals Why Canada's Lake Rouge Vanished Suddenly
- •Lake Rouge in Quebec, Canada, mysteriously disappeared between April 29 and May 14, 2025, leaving dry land.
- •NASA Earth Observatory's study, 'The Disappearance of Lake Rouge,' published July 13, 2025, used Landsat-9 satellite images.
- •High-resolution images from Landsat-9's OLI-2 instrument confirmed the rapid water loss.
- •NASA scientists determined the water drained suddenly, creating a new 10 km path to another lake, an 'outburst flood'.
- •Weak soil, natural dam, and heavy snowmelt-induced water pressure caused the lake's sudden drainage, raising climate change concerns.
Why It Matters: NASA solved the Lake Rouge mystery: an 'outburst flood' due to weak banks and snowmelt, raising climate change questions.
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