[tiffanyh]

In the Las Vegas slider, the Lake Mead before/after difference is startling.

[trhway]

Aral Sea (https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/AralSea - notice the 1960 outline in pale yellow before starting the 2000-2018 playback) and Lake Chad i'd say even more startling.

[syncsynchalt]

The after photo is actually _up_ substantially from 2022.

[whimsicalism]

you can also see a massive solar plant in red in the bottom right

(and maybe also wind - although why they would both be red is beyond me)

[Dalewyn]

I'm more intrigued at the increased green of the landscape at large, did the water supply actually improve to encourage more plant growth?

[stouset]

The diminishing quantities of blue stuff got put on the brown stuff to turn it into green stuff.

[eep_social]

By people, in case that isn’t clear.

[syncsynchalt]

May is much greener than July.

[daamsie]

The photo from '99 was taken in May. The recent one was in July.

[syncsynchalt]

Other way 'round. That's why the after photo is so green, May is much greener than July.

[foolfoolz]

this is because we siphon water from rivers, mostly for agriculture