Tuesday, September 16, 2014

[californiadisasters] California drought: Dramatic before-and-after photos



California drought: Dramatic before-and-after photos

Peter Hockaday
Published 1:18 pm, Monday, September 15, 2014

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In this before-and-after composite image, the Bidwell Marina at Lake Oroville in Oroville, Calif., is seen. On the left, the reservoir is near full on July 20, 2011. (Photo by Paul Hames/California Department of Water Resources via Getty Images.) On the right, the reservoir is nearly dry on Aug. 19, 2014. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.) As the severe drought in California continues for a third straight year, water levels in the state's lakes and reservoirs are reaching historic lows. Lake Oroville was at 32 percent of its total 3,537,577 acre feet in August.

California is in a historic three-year drought, and recent photos taken in Northern California put a visual exclamation mark on the issue.

The images were captured in August by Justin Sullivan of Getty Images, in the same locations at Lake Oroville and Folsom Lake where the California Department of Water Resources took photos in July 2011. Lake Oroville in Butte County is currently at 31 percent capacity, while Folsom Lake near Sacramento is at 38 percent of capacity.

The visual impact of the sunken lakes, shrunken marinas, and disappearing waterways caused the photos to be picked up by outlets from The Atlantic to Vox and more.

Check out the interactives above to slide from 2011 to 2014, and check out more images from Chronicle photographers showing the devastating toll of the drought in California.

View photo gallery here:

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Dramatic-California-drought-before-and-after-5756861.php?cmpid=twitter-mobile

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