Friday, March 7, 2008

Grand Canyon Purposefully Flooded


Photo from source, BBC News

This story is a couple of days old, I know, but since I brought up the Grand Canyon a couple of posts ago, I thought it would be nice to add this photo essay. I haven't been able to find out what effect this will have on Lake Mead here in the Las Vegas area, but I can only hope this extends our water supply a little bit. Check out the rest of the photos at the link below.

[Excerpt]

Water is unleashed from Glen Canyon Dam towards the Grand Canyon in the United States - an experiment to mimic natural floods and recharge the ecosystem. . .

Read more (with photos) at: BBC News

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