CA drought bare: Photos show how reservoir is almost COMPLETELY dry as NASA is brought in to help with the crisis

by Joseph Saraceno

droughtThe severity of California’s current drought has been realized by the release of two NASA pictures of Folsom Lake and the desolation it has suffered in just two and a half years.
The reservoir, located northeast of Sacremento, California, can be seen almost full on July 20, 2011, measuring a capacity of 97 percent. But in a shot taken just last month, the lake had a capacity of just 17 percent. LINK