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In the Las Vegas slider, the Lake Mead before/after difference is startling.
by tiffanyh 2y ago
In the Las Vegas slider, the Lake Mead before/after difference is startling.
- Dalewyn 2y agoI'm more intrigued at the increased green of the landscape at large, did the water supply actually improve to encourage more plant growth?
- stouset 2y agoThe diminishing quantities of blue stuff got put on the brown stuff to turn it into green stuff.
- eep_social 2y agoBy people, in case that isn’t clear.
- daamsie 2y agoThe photo from '99 was taken in May. The recent one was in July.
- syncsynchalt 2y agoOther way 'round. That's why the after photo is so green, May is much greener than July.
- syncsynchalt 2y agoMay is much greener than July.
- whimsicalism 2y agoyou can also see a massive solar plant in red in the bottom right (and maybe also wind - although why they would both be red is beyond me)
- syncsynchalt 2y agoThe after photo is actually _up_ substantially from 2022.
- foolfoolz 2y agothis is because we siphon water from rivers, mostly for agriculture
- trhway 2y agoAral Sea (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSea https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSea - notice the 1960 outline in pale yellow before starting the 2000-2018 playback) and Lake Chad i'd say even more startling.