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Floodgates Open

2019-03-01 By Roger Edwards

Floodgates Open (Lake Texoma)

The third 100-year flood since 1947 sent Lake Texoma over its spillway, at the same time these separate floodgates were opened full throttle. This moving water was deeper than a four-story building and loud, emitting a heavy, thunderous rumble that could be heard in the air and felt in the ground below for hundreds of feet around. Enough water blasted through the dam to fill more than three Olympic-size pools per second. For scale, those colorful specks above the opposite wall are people. A zoom shot of the booming torrent provides a more abstract, but still powerful perspective.

2 S Cartwright OK (8 Jul 7) Looking SSW
33.8194, -96.5687

Filed Under: Floods Tagged With: Cartwright, Denison, floods, Lake Texoma, Oklahoma, Red River, rivers, Texas, waterscapes

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Welcome to SkyPix, an online photo book of clouds, weather and water by Roger Edwards. As in a printed coffee-table book, every image has its own page with a unique story. After all, meaningful photography is much more than just picture-taking; it is visually rendering a moment in place and time from a perspective like none other. As a scientist and an artist, I hope my deep passion for the power and splendor of our skies and waters shines through in these pages. If you are a cloud and weather aficionado, outdoor enthusiast, outdoor or nature photographer, art lover, or anyone who craves learning, enjoy...

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