Drought affecting Elephant Butte reservoir, New Mexico, USA
Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande holds water for southern New Mexico and western Texas, but is only seven percent full due to the drought in the southwestern United States. When full, most all of the land shown here, except the distant hills, was underwater. Photographed in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, USA., Creditline:JIM WEST/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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