Extensive wetlands lie near the town of Yellowknife, near the Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The shallow lakes seen in this image have formed in grooves in the landscape that were carved by glaciers during the last Ice Age.

Image taken July 3rd, 2001, by Landsat 7.

Credit: NASA/GSFC/USGS EROS Data Center

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