NASA Satellite Photos of Lake Mead 22 Years Apart Show Dramatic Water Loss

show the devastating water loss at Lake Mead, the country's largest reservoir and the source of water for tens of millions in the west.

The water levels are now at their lowest since 1937, when the lake that straddles Nevada and Arizona was still being filled for the first time, according to NASA. The images, taken 22 years apart, show the staggering impact climate change has had since 2000, when the first image was captured by NASA's Landsat 7. The second was taken by Landsat 8 in early July.Water from the reservoir supplies communities in California, Nevada, Arizona and parts of Mexico.

The lake is primarily maintained from snowmelt from Colorado and Wyoming. As megadrought conditions have continued to grip the western states for more than a decade, lower-than-average snowpacks have provided less water to fill the reservoir.

Yeah so. Development of the communities along the lake and river use more and more of the water. Now there's a temporary drought and everyone freaks.

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