The pee layer in Lake Mead has been fairly steadily falling for the last 15 year , something proven quite well using many chart and graph . But nothing hammer it home quite like NASA ’s before - and - after shots .
As the GIF shows , weewee levels have dropped significantly since 2000 — you’re able to see the northern arm shrink down to a dribble , and the shore all around has shrunk , while Las Vegas has expanded into the desert over the same time period .
The H2O levels at Lake Mead have fluctuated ever since it was first meet in the thirties . Droughts in the ‘ 50s and ‘ 60s saw drops in the water aggrandizement , but with the unshakable decline over the last decade , the water system is as downcast as it ’s been since the lake was first filled . It might take more than just agiant strawto touch on this job .
https://gizmodo.com/this-giant-straw-will-suck-vegass-water-from-the-dese-1590135681
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Image credit : NASA Earth Observatory / Joshua Stevens
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