Church's Pond

Carson Range, Nevada, USA. This is actually a natural basin, for all its roughly square shape. The effect of the drought is (unfortunately) extremely obvious--the level should be up at the well-defined bathtub ring. It may well have dried up completely by now (August).

The pond is named for James E. Church, a prof at the University of Nevada. Over a hundred years ago he invented the technique of measuring the winter snowpack to forecast the following year's water supply.