Arizona Daily Star - Very Cool Photo Essay On Shrinking Lake Powell, Emerging Side Canyons

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Tom Wright walks through the shaft of light peeking through the narrow openings of the formation called the Subway in Fiftymile Creek, accessible since the waters of Lake Powell have fallen dramatically.

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A narrow sliver of sky is visible overhead through the narrow opening of the formation called the Subway, Fiftymile Creek, accessible since the waters of Lake Powell have fallen dramatically.

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A pedestrian ramp lies well above the water levels at Bullfrog Bay in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah.

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The underside of Gregory Natural Bridge, passable for the first time in almost 50 years, over the Fiftymile Creek, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah.

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The formation known as The Cathedral in the Desert on Clear Creek, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah. The re-emergence of the formation is drawing sightseers after being submerged for some 50 years.

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Several images combined for a panoramic view of the Colorado River where it runs through the what once was Hite Marina in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah.
Ed. - If you notice the white rectangle at about 1:00, that's the boat ramp that's been out of the water for about 20 years now.

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The entrance to the pedestrian access ramp of the Antelope Point Marina is taped off after being cutoff from the docks due to receding waters of Lake Powell.


https://tucson.com/news/local/photos-the-receding-waters-of-lake-powell-glen-canyon-national-recreation-area/collection_c1d0c068-703f-11ed-a42d-c7ff037be585.html#42

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1. Wow

[CrispyQ]

2. Flooding Glen Canyon was a crime.

Several months ago I came across a website of photos & a map of Glen Canyon back in 1963. A group of people had taken a river rafting trip & memorialized their trip with photos & a map. What an amazing & stunning place! Sadly, the site has been taken down.

I read another account of an old man who when he was a boy, went on a rafting trip, & couldn't believe when his scout master pointed to the top of the cliffs that towered above them & told him, "Some day the water will be up to there."

It took 17 years to fill Lake Powell.

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3. Beautiful . . . and, at the same time, terrifying for what they portend

We in the West are going to be out of water very, very soon.