NASA photos show dramatic change at Shasta Lake, California’s largest reservoir

FOX40— (FOX40.COM) — Pictures taken from a NASA satellite earlier this month show a big difference in the water level at Shasta Lake from just two years ago. According to NASA, the older photo shows the lake at around 40% capacity, the low water level leaving a bright outline around California's biggest reservoir. The more recent []

The Guardian—College students leave behind hoard of trash at California’s Shasta Lake. Despite being asked to clean up after themselves, about 3,000 students celebrating Memorial Day weekend left piles of debrisCollege students celebrating Memorial Day weekend by California’s Shasta Lake left behind hoard of trash, according to US Forest Service officials.Last weekend, approximately 3,000 students from the University of California, Davis and the University of Oregon partied at Shasta Lake, a 30,000-acre reservoir in the golden state, and left piles of debris cluttered around the...

www.stgeorgeutah.com—Utah’s reservoirs are at about 90% capacity, except Lake Powell. Here’s why. Utah’s reservoirs are still at what the state calls “impressive” levels, with most hovering around 90% capacity — by comparison, statewide levels were a little over half full this time last year. But Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir, is an outlier. According to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, it’s currently at about 35% capacity. […]

Los Angeles Times—In striking before-and-after photos, a parched Lake Shasta is transformed. For a second consecutive year, Californians can celebrate the rejuvenation of the state's reservoirs. Lake Shasta, the state's largest reservoir, is full again after reaching perilously low levels in the drought-stricken years from 2019 through 2022. The satellite images below, from the NASA, show the lake in April 2022, at left — when it was at 40% capacity — and then a little over two weeks ago, when the lake was a lavish 96% full. On May 7, the lake was at 114% of its historical average...