The sun was shining brightly on 9" of fresh snow during a brief break in the storm yesterday afternoon. We're down at close to 5000 feet in elevation, but about 40 miles south up at 8400 feet in Bodie, they apparently received about 2 feet.
You can see slush floating on the surface of the water. We had the lake freeze for nearly three weeks last year, and if temperatures drop we may see a repeat of that this year.
Unfortunately it would take 9 more storms like this one to simply catch up to the normal amount of precipitation we normally have by this date, so our drought is far from over. I was determined to do a little fishing before that happened, so I went to the shore, but the slush was too thick to get a lure through. So I tried wading around to create enough of an opening to take a few casts. It didn't really work, so I guess I'll have to wait for warmer weather.
For more photos from Topaz Lake on the Nevada/California border you can click on this photo and use the arrow keys to go to the next photo.
For more pictures of the rest of the State of Nevada, here's my Nevada album on G+:
https://plus.google.com/photos/+JeffreySullivan/albums/5712642035357745425
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A brief break in the snow storm yesterday afternoon.
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Charming photo
Great shot
it's a magnificent photo ,thank you Jeff .
fantastic image
Stunning, a Beautiful share, thank u
GHT
What a peacefully serene shot. Hoping that things turn around in your area and the drought situation lessens.
Gorgeous
We got a little rain here at the beach :)
Topaz lake by freezing itself it freezes the heart of spectators
+Lori Carey Is everyone OK? Did you have to put a sweater on? Call FEMA!
Great shot. Not to far from Topaz myself. Yes we need a lot more storm like this.