The headline isn't actually a complete lie,
Satellite images show a greener California but a shrinking snowpack
but the take away message, hammered home by the images is clear. The thing is, it's not the whole story at all.
So little snow! Of course they cherry picked the 2014 image to make it look bad in 2015, but a quick check of the actual data reveals the deception. They used Feb 1 2014, because it was right after a heavy snowfall. Looking at the snow using Worldviewer makes it pretty clear that it's a deceptive tactic.
Jan 2014
Jan 2015
Jan 2014
Jan 2015
An update later in February should really hammerpunch this home. Not that the facts will matter at all.
