Fantastic knobbly rock formations at Pyramid Lake
The colour of Pyramid Lake was extraordinary. It was a rich turquoise, surrounded by a barren landscape with stubbly dead looking grasses and a flat shoreline. Everything seemed coloured with the same drab hue - bland, unexciting, dusty, repetitive and yet mesmerising. The rock formations were surreal and improbable. Some looked like a child's "blob and drip" sandcastle - the kind you can only make with some beach sands which have to be of the perfect consistency to drip and flow without merging into the surrounding sand. In parts they'd eroded and exposed the inner layers which were brain like in appearance, others more like the spine of a long dead animal. Amazing!
As with many lakes and waterways, overuse for irrigation, and general mismanagement since white settlement has seen fish stocks depleted and salinity increase.
We really don't have a good track record of looking after our food or water supplies sustainably.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_Lake_(Nevada)).
2 comments:
Hi Sue .. love the knobbly take on the landscape's 'bits'!! Desert or very arid areas are stunningly beautiful .. but we do abuse things ... it's worse now-a-days, I think -
Loved your knobbles! Cheers Hilary
Thanks Hilary! I find I'm generally attracted to the arid lands, though I wish we'd take more care of them here.
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