The Delta News WebClearwater Area Aerial Photo from U-2 aircraft, August 1980

Clearwater River and lake

The image type is "false color infrared."   Red tones are warm spots.  Dark tones are cold.  Water shows blue.   Red forest cover is typically aspens and birches.  Dark forest areas are mostly spruce.

Clearwater Lake is at the left.  The Tanana River flows from right to left.  Clearwater River shows as a dark blue line from lower right (Clearwater Lodge area) to upper center where it enters a slough of the Tanana River. North is at the top.

Newer imagery is available today online.  See Google Earth


 


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