Amazing Satellite Imagery Shows Great Lakes 85% Ice Covered

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory is

showing total ice cover of 84.4% as of February 22, 2015, well above the

long term average and closing in on last year's mark of 92.5% coverage on March 6, 2014. In this image, Lake Erie is a vast white plain, joining Lake Huron and Lake Superior with coverages above 90% and only small areas of open water. This image was taken by the Suomi NPP satellite's VIIRS instrument around 1803Z on February 23, 2015.