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href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/chesapeake-bay-locked-in-ice\/chesapeake_mss_19770208.jpg?w=2160&#038;h=2160&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/chesapeake-bay-locked-in-ice\/chesapeake_mss_19770208.jpg?w=2160&#038;h=2160&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A false-color satellite image of the Chesapeake Bay region shows the bay and its tributaries largely frozen, with the thickest blue and white ice concentrated along the eastern shoreline.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" 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https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/chesapeake-bay-locked-in-ice\/chesapeake_mss_19770208.jpg?w=900&#038;h=900&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/chesapeake-bay-locked-in-ice\/chesapeake_mss_19770208.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=1200&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/chesapeake-bay-locked-in-ice\/chesapeake_mss_19770208.jpg?w=2000&#038;h=2000&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">February 7-8, 1977<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Residents of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic endured a formidable winter in 2025-2026, marked by several high-impact storms and prolonged stretches of cold temperatures that left parts of the Chesapeake Bay frozen over. Longtime residents may recall a winter nearly 50 years ago when the region saw even more widespread ice cover.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat\/mss\/\" rel=\"noopener\">MSS<\/a> (Multispectral Scanner System) on <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat-1\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Landsat 1<\/a> captured this image during the exceptionally cold winter of 1976-1977. The mosaic combines two Landsat scenes acquired on February 7 with a third captured on February 8. The landscape is shown in false color (<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat\/spectral-bands-and-applications\/#mss\" rel=\"noopener\">MSS bands 6-5-4<\/a>), in which ice appears in shades of blue, green, and white. On land, snow appears white, vegetation is red, and urban areas take on brown-gray tones.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/ntrs.nasa.gov\/citations\/19810016149\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA analysis<\/a> published in 1980 drew on these and other Landsat images to examine the anomalous ice conditions. Images indicate that ice began forming in the Chesapeake Bay\u2019s upper tributaries in late December 1976 and spread to the middle of the upper bay by mid-January 1977. It reached its maximum extent around the time of this image, one week into February, when ice spanned 85 percent of the bay.<\/p>\n<p>Persistent westerly winds at the start of February pushed ice toward the eastern shores of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays, contributing to fractures visible across the ice\u2019s surface. As winds subsided, calmer conditions allowed new ice to form in areas of previously open water, visible in the image as thinner, darker blue patches. Reports from icebreaking operations indicated ice thicknesses reached up to 30 centimeters (12 inches) in the upper bay and up to 20 centimeters (8 inches) in the lower bay, with some tributaries seeing twice that amount.<\/p>\n<p>Articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secretsoftheeasternshore.com\/eastern-shore-deep-freeze\/\" rel=\"noopener\">describing the event<\/a> often show photos of people ice skating off Kent Island in front of the Bay Bridge and people driving cars and tractors across the ice. But the deep freeze strained the region, too. The ice and cold water caused high mortality in the area\u2019s shellfish. And the crushing weight of the ice shifting with the tides damaged numerous piers, marinas, and lighthouses.<\/p>\n<p>In winter 2025-2026, ice on the Chesapeake and Delaware bays <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/4aNC0cU\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared less extensive<\/a>, with U.S. National Ice Center <a href=\"https:\/\/usicecenter.gov\/Products\/MidAtlanticChart\" rel=\"noopener\">ice charts<\/a> showing around 38 percent coverage on February 9 and 10. Still, concentrations in the upper bay and its tributaries this season were substantial enough to allow uncommon winter activities, including ice boaters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/12\/nx-s1-5705956\/ice-boating-chesapeake-bay\" rel=\"noopener\">racing across the frozen Claiborne Cove<\/a> of Maryland\u2019s Eastern Shore. At the same time, it created challenges for local watermen, according to news reports, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com\/cd-canal-under-ice-restrictions-as-upper-bay-potomac-hit-90-ice-cover\/\" rel=\"noopener\">trapping boats<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/baltimore\/news\/maryland-watermen-peak-oyster-season-frozen-chesapeake-bay\/\" rel=\"noopener\">limiting<\/a> access to the bay. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p><em>NASA Earth Observatory image by <em>Mike Taylor, Ginger Butcher, and <\/em>Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/earthexplorer.usgs.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>U.S. Geological Survey<\/em><\/a><em>. 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Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CBS News (2026, February 9) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/baltimore\/news\/maryland-watermen-peak-oyster-season-frozen-chesapeake-bay\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Frozen Chesapeake Bay leaves Maryland watermen struggling during peak oyster season<\/a>. Accessed February 26, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Chesapeake Bay Magazine (2025, January 16) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com\/ice-heroes-a-maryland-pilots-firsthand-account-of-the-historic-1977-bay-freeze\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ice Heroes: A Maryland Pilot\u2019s Firsthand Account of the Historic 1977 Bay Freeze<\/a>. Accessed February 26, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Foster, J. L. (1980, March) <a href=\"https:\/\/ntrs.nasa.gov\/citations\/19810016149\" rel=\"noopener\">Ice Conditions on the Chesapeake s Bay as Observes! from Landsat During the Winters of 1977, 1978 and 1979<\/a>. NASA Technical Memorandum, 80657.<\/li>\n<li>Library of Congress (2023, July 28) <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loc.gov\/maps\/2023\/07\/the-world-as-seen-by-erts-1\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The World as Seen by ERTS-1<\/a>. Accessed February 26, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>NASA (2026, February 13) <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/gallery\/landsat-1-graphics-library\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Landsat 1 Graphics Library<\/a>. Accessed February 26, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>NASA (2026, February 12) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/12\/nx-s1-5705956\/ice-boating-chesapeake-bay\" rel=\"noopener\">Sick of freezing temperatures? For ice boaters, they\u2019ve been a bonanza<\/a>. Accessed February 26, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Secrets of the Eastern Shore (2022, January 16) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secretsoftheeasternshore.com\/eastern-shore-deep-freeze\/\" rel=\"noopener\">The Great Eastern Shore Deep Freeze of 1976-77!<\/a> Accessed February 26, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>U.S. National Ice Center (2026, February 26) <a href=\"https:\/\/usicecenter.gov\/Products\/MidAtlanticChart\" rel=\"noopener\">Mid-Atlantic Ice Chart<\/a>. 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