A large boat re-emerges from Lake Mead as lake levels continue to drop. (Photo: Travis Pardee)
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — As Lake Mead continues to lose water more relics from the past are being exposed along the once underwater shoreline.
Over the weekend boaters came across several boats that have probably spent years underwater.
Travis Pardee took video and photographs of several of the boats, including one that somehow has surfaced in a vertical position. The strange sight of the boat pointed skyward was found in the area of Government Wash.
Travis Pardee points to a large boat that was once underwater at Lake Mead now points to the sky as the lake level continues to drop. (Photo: Travis Pardee)
A large boat that was once underwater at Lake Mead now points to the sky as the lake level continues to drop. (Photo: Travis Pardee)
A large boat that was once underwater at Lake Mead now points to the sky as the lake level continues to drop. (Photo: Travis Pardee)
As of 2 p.m. Monday, May 23 Lake Mead’s water level is 1,049.66 feet (above sea level). This is 179.34 feet below what’s called the ‘full pool,’ or the highest the water level can get because it is a man-made reservoir. According to the Bureau of Reclamation Lake Mead is only 30% full at this time.
Lake Mead Hemenway Harbor and Boulder Beach area. Use the slider to see the lake in 1984 on left and 2020 on right.
In other photographs, Pardee took pictures of at least three other boats and personal watercraft.
A boat that was once underwater at Lake Mead now sits high and dry on the shore as the lake level continues to drop. (Photo: Travis Pardee)
A boat that was once underwater at Lake Mead now sits high and dry on the shore as the lake level continues to drop. (Photo: Travis Pardee)
A personal watercraft that was once underwater at Lake Mead now sits high and dry on the shore as the lake level continues to drop. (Photo: Travis Pardee)
A personal watercraft that was once underwater at Lake Mead now sits high and dry on the shore as the lake level continues to drop. (Photo: Travis Pardee)
A boat that was once underwater at Lake Mead now sits high and dry on the shore as the lake level continues to drop. (Photo: Travis Pardee)
One of the boats was still underwater but clearly visible from the surface.
A large boat re-emerges from Lake Mead as lake levels continue to drop. (Photo: Travis Pardee)
A large boat re-emerges from Lake Mead as lake levels continue to drop. (Photo: Travis Pardee)
If you have video or photographs of anything you find at Lake Mead you can send them to pix@8newsnow.com
