slgwv's photos with the keyword: Overton Beach

This is a bit to the right of the other photo from Overton Beach. The mountains in the background on the right are the Virgin Mountains, which are just on the Nevada side of the NV-AZ state line. As in the other photo, I had to key off the mountain skyline to match the vantage point, because the only cultural feature remaining is the pavement! The river visible at the right in the 2009 photo (below) is the Virgin River, which flows south out of Utah on its way to join the Colorado. Lake Mead is so low that the river has returned to its channel. The Overton Arm of Lake Mead is the flooded lower valley of the Virgin River, and at high water it extends up to here. Here's a link to the upper photo alone: www.ipernity.com/doc/289859/23604899/in/album/453963

Top photo is from July 1983, during the record high lake level; bottom photo is during the current drought (Dec 2009). Nearly all the cultural features are different; I had to use the mountains on the skyline as the referents. Evidently the building was so damaged as to be demolished after the flood. The trees were probably removed at the same time. Here's a link to the upper photo alone: www.ipernity.com/doc/289859/23604901/in/album/453963 with some additional information. Btw, the site of St. Thomas www.ipernity.com/doc/289859/23558737 is off the photos to the left--in about 100 ft of water in 1983!

Another view. Note the boat moored to the stop sign! Again, this is Overton Beach during the flood of 1983. Here's a link to a comparison with how this area looked in 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/34117538@N08/5449188260/