Lake Powell’s “bathtub ring” of white mineral salts, a vivid symbol of the drought on the Colorado River, shrank considerably this year as above average flows into the reservoir pushed the lake’s level to the highest in a decade. Glen Canyon Dam is in the foreground. See full story(Bettina Boxall / Los Angeles Times)
The water of Lake Powell laps the shoreline near Antelope Point, submerging rocks that were exposed for years. See full story(Bettina Boxall / Los Angeles Times)
Swimmers cool off in the Coves area of Lake Powell, where plants that grew into the dry edge of the lake bed during the drought are now surrounded by water. See full story(Bettina Boxall / Los Angeles Times)
A swimmer returns to shore at Lake Powell’s Lone Rock Beach, where the beach retreated -- and the water advanced -- several hundred feet this year. See full story(Bettina Boxall / Los Angeles Times)
A barren landscape surrounds the floating Dangling Rope Marina, reachable only by boat 43 miles from Glen Canyon Dam. See full story(David McNew / Getty Images)
A boat cuts the surface of the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, which holds back Lake Powell. See full story(David McNew / Getty Images)
The white “bathtub ring” shows how far the water level on Lake Powell has fallen. See full story(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The dried and cracked lake bed at Warm Creek Bay is evidence of the falling water level at Lake Powell. See full story(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Before the drought, tourists stand alongside Lake Powell. See full story(Eric Draper / Associated Press)
