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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: JKoerner007 on March 22, 2018, 01:09:05
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(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4774/40052738885_64b4fed0ae_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/242jKRx)
Will the Pending Rains fill San Dimas' Reservoir again? (https://flic.kr/p/242jKRx)
by John A. Koerner II (https://www.flickr.com/photos/naturescapes007/), on Flickr
I hope so ...
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John:
Looks more like a ravine than a reservoir!
Like the clouds and lighter area at end of valley, tends to pull the eye through the image.
Cheers
Randy
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John:
Looks more like a ravine than a reservoir!
Like the clouds and lighter area at end of valley, tends to pull the eye through the image.
Cheers
Randy
Hi Randy, and thanks :)
Appreciate your time and input.
The areas is most definitely a reservoir :)
Here are two pics (each taken with the 28mm AI-S), one in 2016, the other a couple days ago, to show the various angles of this reservoir.
The header image (up top) was taken with a Zeiss 15mm Distagon T* f/2.8.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4783/40239255454_21b431729d_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24iNGJs)
San Dimas Canyon two years ago (https://flic.kr/p/24iNGJs)
by John A. Koerner II (https://www.flickr.com/photos/naturescapes007/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4773/40921485141_3cc1edf895_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25m6iRg)
San Dimas Canyon Reservoir 3 days ago (https://flic.kr/p/25m6iRg)
by John A. Koerner II (https://www.flickr.com/photos/naturescapes007/), on Flickr
It's definitely a reservoir ;)
Jack
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I can testify that the San Dimas Reservoir is indeed a reservoir and that I have seen it full of water but I am not a prognosticator of rain fall.
Dave Hartman who wonders if someone pulled the drain plug? :D
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Dave Hartman who wonders if someone pulled the drain plug? :D
:D
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Perhaps an engineer decided the dam wasn't up to snuff? The cost of fixing it may outweigh it's water supply benefits. It does seem a bit narrow.
OK, I found it... It's only intended to store storm water then release it gradually.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Dimas_Dam
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Perhaps an engineer decided the dam wasn't up to snuff? The cost of fixing it may outweigh it's water supply benefits. It does seem a bit narrow.
OK, I found it... It's only intended to store storm water then release it gradually.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Dimas_Dam
Actually, California has suffered through one of its worst droughts in recorded history ... which is why it's so low ... but it's been raining a bit lately, so the barren remnants of the water level are starting to fill back up :)
On the first, and last, photos ... you can see the "high marks" of where the water was during better times.
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Not photographic in any way, but John McPhee wrote a fascinating 2-part piece about this area and flood control for the New Yorker called L.A. Versus The Mountains:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/the-control-of-nature (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/the-control-of-nature)
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Not photographic in any way, but John McPhee wrote a fascinating 2-part piece about this area and flood control for the New Yorker called L.A. Versus The Mountains:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/the-control-of-nature (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/the-control-of-nature)
Interesting, thanks for sharing.
I can imagine that all of these communities here at the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountain range (Arcadia, Monrovia, San Dimas, etc.) were affected by water runoff ... hence the construction of these reservoirs.
There are whole ecosystems that depend on these reservoirs now, over the years, and they provide a source for much of my wildlife photography. Below is a reduced image of the original up top, with the designation of where the water used to extend to, maybe six or seven years ago. The water depicted in the other images is actually higher than it's been a long time—there was almost nothing left there for a while.
It's raining right now, as I write this, so hopefully there'll be an even greater enhancement to the water level.
It's also a great time to go out and hunt for salamanders, frogs, and toads :D
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The arrow way in the background indicates the section I photographed in the previous image. There's still quite a ways to go before the reservoir is fully intact.