Image Gallery

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The Image Gallery is dedicated to the artistic contributions of our readership. The Journal of the Academy of Chiropractic Orthopedists invites you to submit drawings, illustrations, or photographs, along with appropriate explanatory information, for consideration of publication within this section. Please forward electronic media via the following Articles Submission hyperlink: aco@dcorthoacademy.com.

Lake Superior

(Courtesy of Dr. J. Brandt)

Facts:

• The surface area of Lake Superior is 31,700 square miles. That is greater than the combined
  areas of Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire.
• Lake Superior contains 3,000,000,000,000,000 (3 quadrillion) gallons of water – enough to flood all of North America and South America with a foot of water.
• The underwater visibility of Lake Superior is 27 feet, making it easily the cleanest and clearest of the Great Lakes. In some places, underwater visibility reaches 100 feet.
• Lake Superior contains 10% of all the Earth’s fresh surface water.