Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona, US by danapommet
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The Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete thick arch-gravity dam, 710 feet (220 meters) high, 1,560 feet (480 meters) wide at the top and 300 feet (91 meters) wide at the base. It was built on the Colorado River in northern Arizona in the United States, just north of Page. The discharge from the dam heads west into the Grand Canyon. The dam was built to provide hydroelectricity and flow regulation from the upper Colorado River Basin to the lower. The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a colorful series of gorges most of which now lies under the reservoir. Construction of Glen Canyon Dam started in 1956 and was not finished until 1966. The reservoir, created by this dam, is called Lake Powell, and is the second largest artificial lake in the country, extending upriver well into Utah. It can store 24,322,000 acre feet (30 km³) of water when full. Lake Powell is 186 miles (299 km) long and 25 miles (40 km) wide. The reservoir is named for explorer John Wesley Powell, a one-armed American Civil War veteran who explored the river via three wooden boats in 1869. Some info from Wikipedia. 1996 photo scanned. Zoom is the same size.
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Comments (33)
kbrog
Excellent capture and info. :) You got a great vantage point to take this from.
npauling
A very impressive capture of this dam and it is taken from a great POV. Excellent.
bimm3d
wonderful capture!!!
mickeyrony
A bit like our dam to Manique my friend Very huge. Congratulations again and many thanks for sharing ((5 + +)) Un peu comme nos barrage à la Manique mon ami Très gigantesque . Bravo encore et mille mercis de partager ((5++))
Faemike55
Fantastic capture Wonderful and impressive
mgtcs
Amazing shot Dana, fantastic lighting and POV! Well done!
beachzz
My sister and I were just talking about Glen Canyon and Lake Powell. Another place we both want to see. Great shot of this massive structure!!
whaleman
Pretty impressive dam Dana. I've not seen this one before. And 710 feet down is a long way and makes me recall that's almost as deep as one area of Okanagan Lake but it is easier to understand the depth looking down the right side of your photo than the left side.
jayfar
Surprise surprise Dana, We stood in each others footsteps! I took a shot of this in May and its almost identical to yours except yours is the better.
Feliciti
very impressive shot and place !!! the cars look really small !! excellent done!!
durleybeachbum
So interesting! A really splendid photo. I always find dams a bit unsettling, maybe it's the scale.
fallen21
Superb place & capture!
bobrgallegos
Awesome capture Dana!! Love the POV and information.
rainbows
What a fete of engineering, dear Dana. Wonderful capture. Hugs. Di. xx
qrud
Very great.
Bossie_Boots
Wow this is some view Dana superb capture thanks for sharing !!
Texas3D
Its going to be fun over there:) nice photo
dakotabluemoon
A very cool shot of this awesome stuff ur sharing with us.
flavia49
wonderful shot
MrsRatbag
The sheer scale of these things is almost unimaginable. Wonderful capture!
Sea_Dog
Excellent shot and narrative, Dana. Well done
mariogiannecchini
A beautiful picture that compares ancient rock formations and a modern training in concrete! A nice contrast of colors and a nice explanation of the facts!
jendellas
Wooow, Fabulous capture, I agree with Andrea :o)
wotan
Fantastic shot and POV my friend Dana... I really like the textures contrast, concrete/canyon!
m_j_s
That is some structure!! Wonderful shot Dana, such a contrast between nature and man!
adrie
Amazing view and capture....thanks also for the great info Dana.
sandra46
AWESOME
goodoleboy
Awesome clarity, detail and stark lighting in this remarkable capture of the dam and environs, Dana.
Richardphotos
if the snow was not so heavy and I was not driving a Corolla at the time Jocko500 and myself could have went there.beautiful dam and capture
Lashia
I love the red of the ground, great summer shot- thanks for sharing! :)
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