Water again spills through Cathedral in the Desert, uncovered as Lake Powell hit its lowest point since 1969. Covered again with a few weeks, when well the Cathedral be revealed again?
On Tapestry Wall at Warm Springs Canyon, iron and manganese form windblown dust created a patina called desert varnish. This varnish is starting to cover up the calcite and restore the canyon to its original glory.
Two-toned cliffs near Clear Creek canyon along the Escalante River-a major tributary of Lake Powell-display pale calcite deposits left by water that once lapped the rock.
Half full or half empty? Some conservationist want Lake Powell to be completely drained, allowing plants and wildlife to thrice throughout a restored Glen Canyon.
A Dry Red Season-Five years of drought lowered Lake Powell to its lowest levels since Jimi Hendrix played at Woodstock and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. With the water down 2/3rds of its capacity, the canyon that was flooded, Glen Canyon,…