A year ago today, a thin snow highlighted some Lake Lahontan shorelines on basalt-capped hills out in (or near) the
Fernley Wildlife Management Area (FWMA):
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| Snow on low hills across the dark brown playa in part of the Fortymile Desert on January 5th, 2013. |
About a month ago, there wasn't any snow on the ground, buy the playa was dark brown, muddy, and in places very wet.
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| The same two hills on December 3rd, 2014 (location near Milepost 59 on eastbound I-80). |
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There was quite a bit of water near the main part of the FWMA a month ago; photo looking southeast toward Hazen from eastbound I-80
between Mileposts 55 and 56. |
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| The roadside marshes were full of water a month ago (near Milepost 57). |
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| A second view of the marshes near Milepost 57. |
I'm always pleased to see a lot of water in the FWMA area and roadside marshes. I'll get a chance to see them in a week or so. I wonder what they'll look like then! Hopefully the water table will still be fairly high. And hopefully the marsh and water birds will be swimming, wading, and having a great time!
2 comments:
I love those relict shorelines of Lake Lahontan in Fortymile. Thanks for sharing that shot.
Sometime maybe I'll stop and look at them more closely!
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