11-09-18 (Lahontan_Hooten_Well)

Great Basin cottonwood ( Populus fremontii ) on the shore of Lahontan Reservoir on the Carson River, western Nevada, turning color with the onset of fall. It's been nearly undermined by the high water level during the extraordinary spring of 2017. The reservoir is now drawn down at the end of the irrigation season, and hopefully refills with the spring runoff. The light-colored triangular object in the tree at upper right looks to be a plastic shopping bag stuck on a branch! Looking north; the inset shows this tree from the other side.