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Lake Mead
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Lake Mead from above.
Lake Mead is America's largest man-made reservoir. It is named for Dr. Elwood Mead, U.S. Reclamation Commissioner between 1924 and 1936. Lake Mead National Recreation Area was established October 8, 1964. Lake Mead backs up 110 miles behind Hoover Dam which was completed in 1935, thus creating this huge reservoir.
Lake Mead can store nearly 2 years of average Colorado River flow, about 28.5 million acre-feet of water. (An acre-foot of water is 325,851 gallons, or enough to cover an acre to a depth of one foot.) This water is released in a regulated, year-round flow as needed. (Source desertusa.com) |
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Good shot! It looks almost exactly like something you'd expect to see coming out of a fractal landscape generator, so maybe they aren't so far off after all! Good note too. Fascinating shot, and thanks for sharing it :-D
- CVTJan
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Dear Ken, I like your composition here with the water not being surrounded on all sides by land. It almost looks like a scale model. You did a very rare shot :) Yours, Jan
Very nice shot. I love the composition, the colors and the shapes of the shore.
Ken, your shot is so detailed it almost looks unreal, excellent color and clarity, well done.
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