Near-record low lake levels, brought about by drought, left the dessicated red-clay sediments of its bottom exposed for months and months. The result was a broad, flat, parched landscape of dried mud, riddled far and wide with deepening fissures. Normally this surface is submerged to a depth of at least eight feet.
6 WSW Little Axe OK (14 Oct 6) Looking WSW
35.2132, -97.3054
Dry Lake Bed
Near-record low lake levels, brought about by drought, left the dessicated red-clay sediments of its bottom exposed for months and months. The result was a broad, flat, parched landscape of dried mud, riddled far and wide with deepening fissures. Normally this surface is submerged to a depth of at least eight feet.
6 WSW Little Axe OK (14 Oct 6) Looking WSW
35.2132, -97.3054