Lake Powell | 2011

Lake Powell's "bathtub ring" of white mineral salts, a vivid symbol of the drought on the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO1001017000000000" title="Colorado" href="/topic/us/colorado-PLGEO1001017000000000.topic">Colorado</a> River, shrank considerably this year as above average flows into the reservoir pushed the lake's level to the highest in a decade. <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLTRA000025" title="Glen Canyon Dam" href="/topic/environmental-issues/glen-canyon-dam-PLTRA000025.topic">Glen Canyon Dam</a> is in the foreground. <br> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-water-powell-20110813,0,1387733.story"><u>See full story</u></a>
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( Bettina Boxall / Los Angeles Times )

Lake Powell's "bathtub ring" of white mineral salts, a vivid symbol of the drought on the Colorado River, shrank considerably this year as above average flows into the reservoir pushed the lake's level to the highest in a decade. Glen Canyon Dam is in the foreground.
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