South Platte Diversion
Kite Aerial Photography over the Denver-Hudson Canal a few miles north of downtown Denver. Click to see on black. The contrast in this one really challenges my laptop screen.
This diversion feeds the Horse Creek and Prospect reservoirs and provides irrigation water to a good chunk of Weld County further north and east -- keeping farms going through this year's severe drought. The South Platte has headwaters in the mountains above Fairplay and South Park, but is supplemented by water tunnels diverting water from the western slope of the rockies (Colorado River Basin). Every year about 150 billion gallons of water are diverted from the western slope for drinking water and irrigation in eastern Colorado.
This was a practice session. Still learning about all the different types of Colorado winds (and the effects of air density at a mile elevation -- it's definitely noticeable).
South Platte Diversion
Kite Aerial Photography over the Denver-Hudson Canal a few miles north of downtown Denver. Click to see on black. The contrast in this one really challenges my laptop screen.
This diversion feeds the Horse Creek and Prospect reservoirs and provides irrigation water to a good chunk of Weld County further north and east -- keeping farms going through this year's severe drought. The South Platte has headwaters in the mountains above Fairplay and South Park, but is supplemented by water tunnels diverting water from the western slope of the rockies (Colorado River Basin). Every year about 150 billion gallons of water are diverted from the western slope for drinking water and irrigation in eastern Colorado.
This was a practice session. Still learning about all the different types of Colorado winds (and the effects of air density at a mile elevation -- it's definitely noticeable).