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| Ice on the East Basin of Lake Puckaway and Fox River November 1951 |
Lake Puckaway Protection and Rehabilitation District News and Information
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Ice Out?
It seems like the ice will never go out, considering last year was the second earliest ice out on record. Everyday I look at the latest satellite photos to watch the painfully slow progress. The photos are fuzzy and it's difficult to see much more than the difference between ice and open water. However, I have this clear, old aerial photograph of ice going out to help visualize what the lake looks like today. Technically it is just early ice breaking up, and struggling to form in November 1951, but it makes me happy anyway.
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This is a neat shot. However, the date on the photo puzzles me.
ReplyDeleteSatellite technology did not exist in 1951. The first U.S. satellite was not launched until 1958 just after the launch of Sputnik 1. Link below.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/explorer/history/
Perhaps, is this an aerial photo from 1951? Or, was the picture taken in 1974 from space?
Joe
The post wasn't clear so I edited it. It is a aerial photograph from 1951.
ReplyDeleteThanks for checking.
DeleteJoe