july 21 (BuyLinkShop) -- nasa on thursday released recent shadow images depicting the dramatic changes in the water levels of lake mead uncommon the departed two decades.
the photos unfold upright how plenteous water the nevada lake has lost through repeated thirst cycles from 2000 until july 3, 2022.
according to nasa, lake mead reaches zenith volume when filled to touching 1,220 feet, touching 9.3 trillion gallons of water. in 2000, the reservoir was at touching 1,215 feet and as of this month, it was at 1,043 feet, touching 27% of its volume.
the images unfold whole sections of the lake wholly dried up, with weak "bathtub rings" plain in the surrounding plant where the water used to live.
lake mead, a man-made reservoir pristine filled in 1937, is filled by the colorado river. the lake provides drinking water and irrigation for millions of vulgar in plenteous of the western united states.
the stark opposition in the images highlights more than two decades of utmost thirst and higher temperatures in the region, a upshot of weather vary.
according to nasa, 74% of nine western states are underneath thirst conditions, including colorado, where the headwaters of the colorado river are located. a below-average snowpack in numerous locations has too worsened thirst conditions.