arizona: Lake Powell Colorado River Flood Update
- 03/18/08 03:01 PM
On Friday the good news started hitting the papers. It was a SUCCESS!! For background on the March 2008 flood please see FLOOD BACKGROUND The general thought is that this flood is all about the endangered fishies. It is, no doubt, but in my book it is also about the sustainable habitat downstream that has been created by the dam, as well as us wee humans enjoyment of the resource. Before I get to the news, it is somewhat fascinating that the Salt Lake Tribune's lead story on the flood was "Dam Test Revives Beaches, Gulps $4 million in electricty" while the Arizona Daily … (2 comments)
arizona: Lake Powell Colorado River Flood Update
- 03/18/08 02:59 PM
On Friday the good news started hitting the papers. It was a SUCCESS!! For background on the March 2008 flood please see FLOOD BACKGROUND The general thought is that this flood is all about the endangered fishies. It is, no doubt, but in my book it is also about the sustainable habitat downstream that has been created by the dam, as well as us wee humans enjoyment of the resource. Before I get to the news, it is somewhat fascinating that the Salt Lake Tribune's lead story on the flood was "Dam Test Revives Beaches, Gulps $4 million in electricty" while the Arizona Daily … (0 comments)
arizona: Lake Powell Water Release ~ Photos
- 03/06/08 03:43 PM
Please see the blog here Lake Powell Water Releasefor background on flood. I was going to add the photos to the previous blog, but after being there for several hours today, decided they needed their own space! The jet tubes are releasing 300,000 gallons of water a second. Yup, a second. The first one is from a Glen Canyon Dam downstream viewpoint called "The Whitehouse" by the locals. Getting there is half the fun ~ it's a wee bit of a walk down steep rock steps, but beautiful. The image is HDR.
This picture was taken behind the Carl Hayden Visitors Center at … (27 comments)
arizona: Lake Powell Water Release ~ Wow!
- 03/05/08 06:25 PM
Once again the world wide media has descended on Page, Arizona, and Glen Canyon Dam to watch and record a spectacular release of water and witness environmental history. Starting yesterday and running until March 10, 2008, a high flow water release from Glen Canyon Dam is rushing down Glen Canyon and into the Grand Canyon. This test is identical to the one performed in November of 2004. The idea behind releasing greater than normal quantities of water, quickly, is to stir up the sediment in the Colorado River beyond Glen Canyon Dam, float the sediment in the water for a short … (11 comments)
arizona: Night Skys In Big Water Utah are hard to beat
- 03/01/08 07:24 PM
Astronomy was never one of my strong suits. We had a telescope many years ago but sold it. Recently my son has gotten seriously interested in astronomy, and some of the pictures he is getting using a realtively inexpensive telescope and his Canon XTI are pretty astounding. Technology has certainly changed the accessibility to do things like this. One of the great things about living in Big Water is the lack of light pollution. The stars really shine here. Some of the photos he is taking are using exposures of up to 4 minutes. A laptop, a webcam, a small motor … (5 comments)
On Friday the good news started hitting the papers. It was a SUCCESS!! 
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