Rising Waters Swamp Lake Naivasha

Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Rising Waters Swamp Lake Naivasha Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles Earth Matters Blog Blue Marble: Next Generation EO Kids Mission: Biomes About About Us Subscribe 🛜 RSS Contact Us Search January 30, 2010 January 26, 2026 Lake Naivasha’s area grew substantially between 2010 (left) and 2026 (right), as seen in these images captured by the TM (Thematic Mapper) on Landsat 5 and OLI (Operational Land Imager) and Landsat 9. NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin Lake Naivasha’s area grew substantially between 2010 (left) and 2026 (right), as seen in these images captured by the TM (Thematic Mapper) on Landsat 5 and OLI (Operational Land Imager) and Landsat 9. NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin January 30, 2010January 26, 2026 Lake Naivasha’s area grew substantially between 2010 (left) and 2026 (right), as seen in these images captured by the TM (Thematic Mapper) on Landsat 5 and OLI (Operational Land Imager) and Landsat 9. NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin Lake Naivasha’s area grew substantially between 2010 (left) and 2026 (right), as seen in these images captured by the TM (Thematic Mapper) on Landsat 5 and OLI (Operational Land Imager) and Landsat 9. NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin January 30, 2010 January 26, 2026 CurtainToggle2-Up Image Details Lake Naivasha’s area grew substantially between 2010 (left) and 2026 (right), as seen in these images captured by the TM (Thematic Mapper) on Landsat 5 and OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 9. NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin. Kenya’s Lake Naivasha has long been a place of change and reinvention. In precolonial times, the nomadic Maasai people used the lake and surrounding grasslands to water and raise cat