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I took this picture back in May when I visited Hoover Dam and the water levels were surprisingly low ... even tho I can only assume they must be even lower now !
I researched this and seems like Lake Mead is currently at the LOWEST level ever (excluding the time before the dam was built and was filling up, obviously) and is as of June at 1075.08 feet (was at 1076.57 during May when this picture was taken) which is a problem for the people who rely on it for their water supply and the electricity that the dam generates.
Engineers are working on installing new turbines that could work even if the water falls below 950 feet !
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Day 5, after leaving Las Vegas our first stop was the Hoover Dam and like most visitors, we did the walk out on the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge to view and photograph the dam.
The bridge was the first concrete-steel composite arch bridge built in the United States, and incorporates the widest concrete arch in the Western Hemisphere. At 890 feet (270 m) above the Colorado River, it is the second highest bridge in the United States after the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado, and is the world's highest concrete arch bridge.
An alternate view from above and behind the dam wall from the Hoover Dam Lookout, with the Kingman Wash Access Road in the foreground. Part of the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, from where the previous photo was taken, can be seen in the upper left of this photo.
Lake Mead held back by the Hoover Dam was at about 27% of the full capacity when the photo was taken due to two decades of drought.
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression.
Took a day trip up to Hoover Dam. The lighting was super harsh so I decided to take an HDR photo in an attempt to balance out the photo. After combining the 3 images I brought out some of the shadows using the dodge tool. I focused on the shadows on the water and the Hoover Dam to bring out the color and highlight the Hoover Dam.
This barn owl, hunted the verge with percsion, using the wind to hang and focus on every movement that would take place under him.
Hoovering over Ackworth Viaduct, 50049 & 50007 head north with 1Z31, the 06:21 Tame Bridge Parkway - Carlisle railtour.
Quick stop at Hoover Dam before we reached Vegas
The wind was UNBELIEVABLE. it was INSANE. Goodness gracious. It was suffocating me. We had to walk against it and I could NOT breathe.
Art deco turrets and clocks are on either side of the dam. One with Nevada time as seen here, Arizona's to the right. Nevada observes daylight savings time, and Arizona doesn't, so they're in two different time zones. The water you see is Lake Mead.