The City that Drank Lake Mead

Robert Schulte posted a link this morning to Google Earth Engine and I played around with it a bit. This view appears to show a growing Las Vegas sucking down Lake Mead. Of course, Arizona and California helped a bit; and a long, continuing drought contributed. But it’s still interesting to see such a direct juxtaposition of growth against shrinkage of water supply.

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