As the city of Las Vegas grows, Lake Mead, its water supply, shrinks. In the mid-1980s, the Vegas metropolitan area was home to 438,000 people, and today that population has ballooned to upwards of 2.2 million. Consequently, the lake’s water level has dropped from 1,225 feet in July 1983 to 1,059 feet in May 2022 — the lowest since it first began to fill in 1935.Click on the image below to watch a Timelapse video on our Instagram, or click here to watch on YouTube Shorts.—36.175000°, -115.136389°
Las Vegas and Lake Mead
Las Vegas and Lake Mead
Las Vegas and Lake Mead
As the city of Las Vegas grows, Lake Mead, its water supply, shrinks. In the mid-1980s, the Vegas metropolitan area was home to 438,000 people, and today that population has ballooned to upwards of 2.2 million. Consequently, the lake’s water level has dropped from 1,225 feet in July 1983 to 1,059 feet in May 2022 — the lowest since it first began to fill in 1935.Click on the image below to watch a Timelapse video on our Instagram, or click here to watch on YouTube Shorts.—36.175000°, -115.136389°