Satellite imagery reveals a superheated planet that’s ablaze, swamped and dessicated.
Weather satellites are constantly peering down on Earth, sending back high-resolution images to provide a real-time view of what is going on. Some are “polar orbiting,” zipping around Earth in orbits that take them over both the north and south poles as they trace lines of longitude. Others orbit Earth in sync with its rotation, with sensors locked on the same patch of real estate. These, 22,236 miles above the Earth, are known as “geostationary.
Since 1983, a combination of increased water demand and persistent drought has kept the reservoir below its capacity; nowadays, it is sitting at record-low levels. NASA writes that, at full capacity, water levels would stand at 1,220 feet where the man-made lake meets the Hoover Dam. Instead, that level currently stands at 1,040.65 feet. Last year at this time, it was 1,068 feet, and a year before, 1,085 feet.
That means Lake Meade is not just a barometer of how much rain has fallen. It is an indicator of the West’s greater water supply as a whole, much of which is stored in the wintertime snowpack. North of Lake Meade, Lake Powell is only at 27 percent capacity according to NASA, and the entire Colorado River system is at 35 percent.
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