A houseboat camps on the shore in shallow water in a canyon at Lake Powell near Page, Arizona, May 26, 2015. The lake, on the Colorado River provides water for Nevada, Arizona and California. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
An aerial view of Lake Powell, where water levels have declined dramatically as growing demand for water and climate change shrink the Colorado River in Page, Arizona, November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
No "other side" to #ClimateChange, but recent drops in water level @ Lake Powell give new views of the Cathedral in the Desert @ #GlenCanyon. Again. 😰 Spectacular.
May be selfish but I'm glad to see some of these vistas revealed. I hope that efforts to address #ClimateChange also preserve more of nature in the American southwest (canyons, clean air) and elsewhere.
After reading #DesertSolitaire by #EdwardAbbey & then #MonkeyWrenchGang in '76, we rafted through #Canyonlands in southeastern #Utah. After 8 days of lazily floating under the massive sandstone canyons, we arrived at the confluence of #GreenRiver & #ColoradoRiver & witnessed the immense rapids actively carving the heart of #CataractCanyon. Mind blown & then after the final set of rapids we arrived at a drowned #GlenCanyon 💔 making me a life-long lover of free rivers. 😢 #LakePowell can suck it.