This page features images and footage shot with a GoPro camera during a pilot-only Lighthawk flight above Lake Mead and Hoover Dam, along the Colorado River near Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lake Mead is the nation’s largest reservoir by capacity. Hoover Dam is 726 feet tall and was completed in 1936. See our dams and reservoirs dashboard for more information.
| Date | July 29, 2020 |
| Locations | Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, and the Colorado River |
| Photographer | LightHawk volunteer pilot Ross Rice |
| Organization | The Water Desk and Lighthawk |
| Rights | Free to reuse under Creative Commons license, with credit to “stg-waterdeskorg-staging.kinsta.cloud / lighthawk.org” |
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