Tag Archives: lake mead It’s said that the eye is immediately drawn to red items. I think that’s certainly the case in this image where I find my eye is immediately drawn to the Dr. Pepper can. But what I find even more curious is the total absence of Coca-Cola cans. I’ve looked over and over but don’t see a single one.  I spotted this particular specimen having left Grand Canyon West, gotten back onto Pierce Ferry Road, and heading north to Pearce Ferry and South Cove. In the background of this shot is Grapevine Mesa.  This is a wide angle view of the Bowl of Fire. As the crow flies, it’s about 30 miles east of Las Vegas to the north side of Northshore Road in the Lake Mead National Recreational Area. While the work ‘fire’ might lead some to think it’s volcanic in origin, the red rocks are actually… 
[...] of Fire So yesterday I posted a wide angle (17mm) shot of the Bowl of Fire and today I’m posting a detail. If you look at yesterday’s shot there are two outcrops [...]  This image was taken looking east along North Shore Road in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. There are some spectacular desert vistas along this road.  Of course, no visit to the Hoover Dam is complete without an aerial view. Now you can get a view from the Mike O’Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. I don’t know if you’re allowed to stop on the bridge to take photos – probably not. As you can see in the lower left and… 
Cool photo, just a note that you can’t stop on the bridge but there is a parking lot where you can walk to the bridge and get some great images. 
Hi Roy, thanks for sharing that!
[...] business. I rose super early and drove out from Las Vegas, crossing from Nevada into Arizona at the Hoover Dam and out along Highway 93, taking a left at Pierce Ferry Road and heading north-east before taking a [...]  I took this photo of a pleasure boat on Lake Mead back in 2006. The white layer of rock shows just how low the water level had dropped. The water has bleached the rock and as the level has dropped so the bleached layer has been exposed. The photo is taken from the top of… 
Looks much the same as when we were there years ago, Has the water level recovered at all? or is it still dropping?
[...] in 2001, I drove over to South Cove. Here it was clear again that the dropping water level in Lake Mead had exceeded the expectations of the designers and builders of the boat ramps on the Lake. The [...] |
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by Richard Davis