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| Lake Mead from about 10,000 feet above the surface. Note the white ring around the lake. | Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam. The white ring is the rock area that is normally below water, but is now exposed. Click HERE or on the above photo to see a much larger version. |
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| Looking south at Hoover Dam. Note the spillway along the bottom
of the photo and the white ring on the dam wall. Although the lake
level is at its lowest in years, electrical production is unaffected.
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The structure in the distance is the water intake for the city of
Las Vegas, NV. This structure had to be moved due to the dropping
level of Lake Mead and is one of several drought related expenses.
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| The marina has moved several times and parking lots built and extended out onto the exposed lake bed due to the dropping elevation of the lake. | Economic losses to the facility included the cost of moving the marina, regrading parking lots, moving sanitation facilities and lost revenue from decreased numbers of visitors. |
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| The edge of the water in Lake Mead used to reach all the way up to within a few feet of the sing seen in the foreground. The shoreline has receded well into the distance. | This is looking down at the Colorado River about 20 miles downstream from Hoover Dam. Click HERE or on the above photo to see a much larger version. |