Vicki and Ben with Lake Mead in the background. Of course, being in a desert, you would expect that the area is undergoing drought conditions. Lake Mead is currently 80 feet below its normal level. When looking at the sides of the rock walls, you can see white lines surrounding the water. That level is the high water mark of where the water level reached in 1983. Since that time, the water has receded, leaving salt deposits on the side of the rock that have since been bleached by the sun, turning them into a white “bathtub ring” around the lake.
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