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In pictures: Grand Canyon flooded

news.bbc.co.uk — Water is unleashed from Glen Canyon Dam towards the Grand Canyon in the United States - an experiment to mimic natural floods and recharge the ecosystem.

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  • Winoria, on 03/07/2008, -6/+20If the rapids aren't washed out, I want pictures of those!
    • BOSyooper, on 03/07/2008, -0/+4I thought the same thing. I'm not sure why you were dugg down. It's either because you said "washed out" rapids and people didn't understand or they don't want to divert any attention to the non-environmental issues.
    • harreola, on 03/07/2008, -0/+4Don't quite understand your sentence there.
    • stackered, on 03/07/2008, -3/+1I'd like to thank the poster for the title "In pictures:..." since I would have never known that without it.
      • kcirtap6075, on 03/07/2008, -1/+3i might be wrong, but i thought that was generally what titles were for.. would you prefer a blank title that tells you nothing about the post?
  • Joel32, on 03/07/2008, -18/+192I can't wait until we start slowing the earth down to make the days last longer.
    • djepik, on 03/07/2008, -3/+94Erm, by releasing water into the grand canyon, we are restoring the place to how it was BEFORE human intervention. How do you think the canyon was made?
      • CatalystGhost, on 03/07/2008, -22/+1Um... actually, it's been forming that way for over 15 million years... Not saying I'm not opposed to us fixing our mistakes, but, we didn't really have a hand in this one, so we're actually going to be intervening against nature once again :/
        • NoCt1, on 03/07/2008, -0/+15Um I think djepik is talking about the dam blocking the flow of the water originally. Not intervening again. We intervened the first time. Now we are correcting an oversight. And djepik is not saying that humans created the canyon.
        • scoot2006, on 03/07/2008, -0/+12"Not saying I'm not opposed"... So you are opposed?

          Double negative = head asplosion.
      • scoot2006, on 03/07/2008, -9/+3.
      • macaddct1984, on 03/07/2008, -4/+37We all know the Grand Canyon was formed in a matter of seconds during the biblical floods, when water had to travel faster than the speed of sound.
        • Locke2053, on 03/07/2008, -1/+10You think that's funny, but I had a girl tell me that once on a date.

          Shortest. Relationship. Evar.
      • AdionC, on 03/07/2008, -6/+2[quote]Erm, by releasing water into the grand canyon, we are restoring the place to how it was BEFORE human intervention. How do you think the canyon was made?[/quote]
        Before human intervention days lasted longer, so by restoring the place to how it was days will again last longer.
        • postitnote, on 03/07/2008, -0/+3That's ridiculous. I'd say we already have made the day slower. Since gyroscopes take energy from the rotation of the earth, we are literally slowing down the rotation of the earth.
          • giid, on 03/07/2008, -1/+16That's why when I go out jogging, I always run with the rotation of the earth to help speed it back up.
          • Fockzhound, on 03/07/2008, -2/+2That would surely slow it? I suggest you hop in a reasonably nimble vehicle and tear ass into that rotation, thus imparting a force which would help spin this mo'fo earthzizzle up. word.
      • JerodSlay, on 03/07/2008, -1/+10OMG people. he's talking about when you store water at a higher altitude than its unaltered altitude (eventually sea level) you increase the angular momentum of the earth. It's like an ice skater spinning around and opening her arms out, she slows down. This has been measured with the 3 gorges dam in China. It's of course the biggest dam in the world, and as it filled up, they measured it to be slowed by 2.8 millionths of a second. Case in point, the earth has a huge mass, and it's hard to change its speed and such.
      • lintmonkey, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1"...we are restoring the place to how it was BEFORE human intervention. How do you think the canyon was made?"

        In one really long day.
        • luciferin, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1And we're calling that really long day a week.
    • dsmx, on 03/07/2008, -12/+4We already have the ability to slow the earth's rotation, when we slingshot satellites into the solar system we slow the orbit of the earth ever so slightly. Were talking fractions of a second but it still occurs.
      • AKman24, on 03/07/2008, -0/+20no when we slingshot a satellite it changes the earths orbit around the sun, not how fast the earth spins. All the energy from all the nuclear bombs on the planet would not affect the earths rotation enough to make a day a second longer.
    • Rickler, on 03/07/2008, -0/+38The moon already has that job.
      • uiguy3, on 03/07/2008, -0/+2Precisely, it's called tidal locking. When the Earth becomes tidally locked (a long time from now) each day will be 47 hours long.
    • h4ppydotcom, on 03/07/2008, -2/+38No, the real winner is when we speed up the rotation on weekdays and slow down the weekends.

      Then again, Evil Corporations will probably fund the project so it's going to be vice-versa...
      • NoCt1, on 03/07/2008, -1/+6Evil corporations can fund whatever the want. I have a schedule. Thats what I stick to unless I have to stay longer. Plus,,, More hours they would have to pay us for. So I think they would want productivity to go up and that would mean more rest on the weekends.
        • mrnate01, on 03/07/2008, -0/+6"I have a schedule. Thats what I stick to unless I have to stay longer."

          Then you don't exactly stick to it, do you?
      • Metasquares, on 03/07/2008, -1/+2That would be pointless. It would increase worker burnout across the board (with diminishing returns) and would require companies to pay out more for the same workers. There are already enough hours in the day for companies to lengthen work schedules. There's a reason they don't.
    • leandrotami, on 03/07/2008, -4/+0What about windmills? They turn wind energy into electric energy, and winds are caused because of Earth's rotation, right? (that's what I always believed, which of course could be wrong)
      • Onyxblaze, on 03/07/2008, -2/+4Try the sun. It heats the ground, causing the air near it to warm up. It rises up, causing a sucking motion beneath it. It is a lot like how they say not to stay near a sinking ship because it will suck you down.
      • johnnykwest, on 03/07/2008, -1/+1I'd be a little wary of descriptions including a 'sucking' motion. Winds are mostly down to air flowing from high pressure areas to low pressure areas. Where these areas form and how big the difference is between the high and low pressures are dependent on many factors. Consult your local weather map, your mileage may vary.
      • elpresidente408, on 03/07/2008, -1/+11I thought the trees moving made wind??
        • AtiimKiambu, on 03/07/2008, -2/+4Everyone knows that the wind comes from trees sneezing.
          (Calvin and Hobbes reference)
      • Fockzhound, on 03/07/2008, -2/+1Actually, it's really caused by the accumulation of dead souls battling in earth locked purgatory for a right to gain access to....yo momma - ka pow!
    • hangglide, on 03/07/2008, -2/+3Interesting to see how much everyone payed attention in school. :)
      • trieste, on 03/07/2008, -1/+10Especially paid attention at spelling.
    • carrtoonist, on 03/07/2008, -2/+0Or summer for the Northern hemisphere all the time!
    • antipoet, on 03/07/2008, -0/+2Could we at least even things out so we don't have to do the leap year thing every four years? I am unhappy that the man gets me free for that extra day.
      • dinnerkarate, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1no, it's a free day. you get the man.
        • Metasquares, on 03/07/2008, -4/+2In Soviet Russia, the man gets YOU!
        • historicity, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1Before i clicked " show reply " i was already thinking," ***** that joke".
    • mllawso, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1... Wouldn't that make nights longer too?
    • Hedragon, on 03/08/2008, -0/+2We're gonna increase the speed of light so our spaceships can go faster (will happen in 2208 according to Futurama).
  • Vagabond91, on 03/07/2008, -14/+34Anybody else think the pipe cap in picture 3 said USSR?
  • Waskonator, on 03/07/2008, -3/+45300,000 gallons /second!
  • Voide, on 03/07/2008, -12/+188Anybody else think getting sucked into one of those drainage tubes would be one sweet ass ride?
    • ShootTheCore, on 03/07/2008, -0/+46On balance I am going to say no...
    • Typhoon2009, on 03/07/2008, -0/+77If I was invincible then yes it would be badass
    • hokie47, on 03/07/2008, -0/+70~
      /god mode on
    • Tripper44, on 03/07/2008, -2/+14gode mode on
      inflatable rubber ring on
      :)
    • mexicanmonkey, on 03/07/2008, -0/+7yeah for about 10 seconds
    • TnTBass, on 03/07/2008, -0/+24Right up until your horrible death it sure would.
      • earliodookie, on 03/07/2008, -1/+14yeah that would be one sweet ass-ride.
    • breckinshire, on 03/07/2008, -5/+6One sweet ass-ride!
    • Chassit, on 03/07/2008, -10/+1Please do, we need less stupid people (and less of their genes).
      • Voide, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1How weird...I always assumed we wanted less stupid people but MORE of their genes.

        Guess what Chassit, your comments make you look like an arrogant fool.
        • Chassit, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1Ask me how much I care. :)
          • riffcat, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1care much, do you?
          • Voide, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1Didn't ask if you cared or not, just telling you how dumb you sound.
    • pcghost, on 03/07/2008, -1/+7Don't forget to type "i d d q d" first. Then yes, it would kick ass.
    • gak001, on 03/07/2008, -1/+1Until your lifeless, but still dry, body shot out the other end.
    • Flame500, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1DN KROZ,
      Yes one kick ass ride
    • tikiman453, on 03/07/2008, -0/+4what would be even sweeter is if you did that and we were on top just in time to see the jet of water turn pink for like half a second.
  • crackah, on 03/07/2008, -3/+13This is sweet! its like one big toy. Would love to make my own floods
    • Astaro, on 03/07/2008, -0/+8When I used to kayak with my school, we would call up the power company, and get them to set a flow-rate on the river for us.
      it was great, we only had the one river close enough to use, but the different levels changed all the rapids, weirs and turns so it was almost like a completely new river every time.
      • DiggzDE, on 03/07/2008, -0/+12You either slept with the head of your local power company or you sure can sweet talk people into doing things for you. I've never met someone like that who would just up and adjust an entire rivers water flow for a school's kayak team.
      • WorldLeader, on 03/07/2008, -0/+2I read Astaro's comment first as "when I used to kayak to school..." and I was impressed. Forget riding the bus, we've got a river!
    • TecK415, on 03/07/2008, -0/+2When I was a kid we'd dam up the drainage ditches on the side of the roads and wait for a big storm to hit. Usually it would turn the streets in to rivers, ah, those were the good ol' days.
  • diadem2, on 03/07/2008, -10/+26How the flying hell are they going to close that pipe after it's open?
    • bxblox, on 03/07/2008, -1/+70turn the valve
      • friendlyman, on 03/07/2008, -0/+41I was gonna say get superman to do it, however, your answer is more realistic.
    • algo, on 03/07/2008, -0/+15from irc:
      McFly: suspects they are like air brakes, takes force to keep them open. If it fails, it closes
    • yojiffyskippy, on 03/07/2008, -1/+31DOH! I wish someone would have thought of that BEFORE the valve was opened!
    • jimbobaii, on 03/07/2008, -3/+2Turn the valve - very slowly
    • Metalcastr, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1Its electric motor driven, that's how large valves are controlled.
  • TyroPyro, on 03/07/2008, -0/+65In video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4NbX6Hb4CE
    • legendxx, on 03/07/2008, -0/+31I can't believe the camera man missed the beginning of it.. he just panned over and the water was already gushing out
    • friendlyman, on 03/07/2008, -4/+0chuckIT - i have to pee now.
      :( thanks now I gotta pee.
    • atomicwedgie, on 03/07/2008, -1/+8Too much camera time on the guy instead of the actual event.
    • Ludwig, on 03/07/2008, -0/+15Seriously. I've seen a guy pull a lever plenty of times. I've never seen all the water in the world shooting out of two giant tubes at the speed of light.
      • neuens07, on 03/07/2008, -2/+1Is this guy you see pulling levers by chance Gordon Freeman?
      • j0313971, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1there's a dam half a mile from my house, and they open the spillways after it rains a lot. except the spillways for this dam are at the top, so the water just comes down. i think i saw all of the spillways open once. i think the dam near my house is smaller than that dam, but there is another dam a few miles up the river that might be closer to the size of that one. i went on a tour of the big dam up the river once, and you could get up close to where the water spilled through to spin the turbines and generate electricity. unfortunately, after 911 they won't let people get anywhere near the dam anymore.
    • twertyto, on 03/07/2008, -0/+9Ah damn I was expecting a rickroll.
    • Metalcastr, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1They should have made the logo bigger, and put it smack dab in the middle of the video.
  • leftcoastfunk, on 03/07/2008, -12/+128Anyone else find it odd that we first hear about this from a British news source?
    • SRSco, on 03/07/2008, -2/+16I read/heard/saw about this on dozens of American news sources before this popped up on the front page of Digg.
    • schnikies79, on 03/07/2008, -3/+29Anyone else find it odd that you first heard about it on digg?

      It's been all over the American press for the last few days. Every paper and every station.
    • coit, on 03/07/2008, -2/+22I love getting my US news from UK sources!
    • Tripper44, on 03/07/2008, -7/+3Well it is BBC one of the biggests so they have spies in all countries :P thier prob midgets aswell so they dnt get spotted :P
    • gak001, on 03/07/2008, -2/+3I think I might owe the UK some tax money for BBC. I wish my tax dollars went to something useful and productive like that. Go America! Beat those Terrorists/Drug Lords!!!
    • repmekevets, on 03/07/2008, -0/+2nope.
    • twertyto, on 03/07/2008, -2/+2Who said it was first reported by the British?
    • RandomTidbits, on 03/07/2008, -4/+0yep... when I saw the link it said BBC. I'm like... wtf? We're having the "redcoats" tell us about America??? Truly the redcoats have arrived.
    • ryesmall, on 03/07/2008, -0/+0I don't read the Las Vegas Review Journal anymore...
    • matthughes, on 03/07/2008, -1/+2pay attention much?
    • rhowell, on 03/07/2008, -1/+1This isn't the first year they've done this. They've been doing this for a few years now.
    • madbadger, on 03/07/2008, -1/+3umm... I read it in U.S. papers way before I saw this on Digg. Remember, Digg rarely links to the original source (or at least the original one doesn't get on front page).
    • mossblaser, on 03/12/2008, -0/+1The BBC is a far better news source than a good many American ones.... (cough. fox)
  • Aorawn, on 03/07/2008, -19/+3*insert "Front page w/only 84 diggs? wtf?" comment here*
    On topic, does anyone else notice how US ecological experiments tend to backfire?
    • legendxx, on 03/07/2008, -0/+11only the ones you hear about.. in reality most of them work.. you just don't hear good news that often
      • CZzyzx41, on 03/07/2008, -0/+2Good news doesn't sell papers or get ratings. A majority of people out there are also fairly decent people but you'd never know that if you just watched the news and read papers and never actually went out and met real people.
    • IllBeBack, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1This flooding has been performed in the past as well. It worked then, so it will work now.
  • Supernova36, on 03/07/2008, -8/+23Anyone else find those water jets frankly terrifying?
  • cockroach, on 03/07/2008, -7/+0And there's some sort of cube hidden in there.
  • algo, on 03/07/2008, -2/+28damn.
  • Po0py, on 03/07/2008, -3/+4I know this is a completely random thing to say but in pics 5 and 7 it looks exactly like where Sean Penn filmed those canoeing scenes in his most recent movie Into The Wild.
    • zoethebitch, on 03/07/2008, -1/+0I have no idea about that. But several miles downstream from the dam is where they filmed Christian Slater popping to the surface in the river after escaping from the cave in Broken Arrow.
    • arusk, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1They did film the kayaking scenes near and around this dam and other locations along the Colorado River.
  • LEPT0N, on 03/07/2008, -1/+143"Who wants to drink from the FIRE HOSE?"
    • jjustice, on 03/07/2008, -6/+2Yeah, this is how I felt in college classes most of the time ;-)
    • Yetisquatch, on 03/07/2008, -0/+20Dugg for UHF reference. (im assuming)
    • blackbeardtron, on 03/07/2008, -0/+16You found the marble in the oatmeal!!!
    • breckinshire, on 03/07/2008, -0/+8Digg suffers from a severe shortage of UHF-themed comments. Dugg.
    • lineweight, on 03/07/2008, -2/+2"Soooooo STUPID!!!!!!!!" LOL! Nice one. ;)
    • Bologner, on 03/07/2008, -0/+12"HEY! THESE FLOORS ARE DIRTY AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!"
      • coondog35, on 03/07/2008, -0/+3sometimes you've got to get down there with a toothbrush.
    • neio, on 03/07/2008, -7/+1Trying to think of a penis reference but failing.
      :-(
    • coondog35, on 03/07/2008, -3/+3this watermelon tastes like poop.
    • usemanzana, on 03/07/2008, -0/+3UHF needs to be the cult classic it deserves to be. "And today, I'm going to teach POODLES how to FLY!"
    • SpongeBad, on 03/07/2008, -0/+3I'd rather play Wheel of Fish. Then head on down to Spatula City.
  • Stone420, on 03/07/2008, -3/+3Theve done this before. It creates sandbars for a few weeks and then it goes back to normal.
  • dunbone, on 03/07/2008, -2/+38Momentum, a function of mass and velocity. In layman's terms - speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out
  • DeviantBoi, on 03/07/2008, -15/+3Isn't this dangerous? I mean, if the flood carved out the Grand Canyon, wouldn't this flood carve it out even more?
    • Typhoon2009, on 03/07/2008, -1/+16Unless you speed up time, not really. Canyon got carved by water yes, but over hundreds, probably thousands of years. Erosion is slow.
    • Arbinshire, on 03/07/2008, -0/+14*tsc tsc*

      A singular flood didn't carve out the canyon - a river did, over the course of millions of years.
    • dunbone, on 03/07/2008, -5/+6You're referencing the flood which noah built his ark for? The apparent creation of the grand canyon in days and not thousands of years? Man, your thinking and beliefs are dangerous.
      • BenKenobi88, on 03/07/2008, -2/+2....the hell? I think he's stupid, but he didn't mention anything about Noah.
        • dunbone, on 03/07/2008, -1/+2No, he didn't directly mention Noah. But when referencing 'the flood' that is completely implied. Anyway, nothing to do with Noah, but the flood of that time.
    • dstz, on 03/07/2008, -0/+7"At less than 1,200 cubic metres a second, this flood is smaller than even an average spring flood, let alone one of the mightier deluges of the past."
      http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm? ...

      The past, in this case, being 17 millions of years.
    • play150, on 03/07/2008, -3/+1It's just a hunch people...
      I thought of that too.. maybe the sediment will do the reverse?
    • p51d007, on 03/07/2008, -1/+10Do me a BIG favor. DO NOT EVER VOTE IN ANY ELECTION.
      If you are that stupid, you should not vote!
    • OneLess, on 03/07/2008, -1/+4Jesus Christ, he's joking people. Digg needs a collective infusion of common sense.
      • nullifidian0, on 03/07/2008, -0/+3I really wish there was no need for Poe's Law.
    • DeviantBoi, on 03/07/2008, -3/+3Bwahaha... can't believe people actually took me seriously.
    • Terrk, on 03/07/2008, -1/+1To be truthful, we don't know how long it took to form the Grand Canyon.
      On the north side of Mount St. Helens there is a particular deep canyon that was carved in 9 hours on March 19, 1982. It is 1,000 feet wide and about 140 feet deep

      So to say it took Millions of years is very close minded of mother nature. She is much stronger then we give her credit for.
  • tehrich, on 03/07/2008, -1/+4It looks like they're shooting streams of marshmallow or Oreo cream. Mmmm.
  • naterpoke, on 03/07/2008, -18/+18anyone else find it ironic that BBC carries an American story better than Americans can. Pwned.
    • joel8x, on 03/07/2008, -7/+8Yes.
    • schnikies79, on 03/07/2008, -4/+14They don't have a story, just pictures. I've seen much more from the American press.

      The local newspaper had a full page article about, along with pictures. So they are far from pwned.
      • naterpoke, on 03/07/2008, -7/+2Same can't be said for the colts.
    • Jaymoon, on 03/07/2008, -4/+25Better? You call 7 pictures with 8 sentences worth of descriptions better?

      To the A.D.D. moron who can only understand a news story from pictures, maybe it is better.
      • naterpoke, on 03/07/2008, -9/+1ive watched headline news at work and have listened to news radio on the way, and heard nothing about it you fatass scumbag
        • schnikies79, on 03/08/2008, -0/+2Maybe because it's not news anymore, it was yesterday.

          Digg is always a day behind.
    • BigLLamasHouse, on 03/07/2008, -1/+2a picture is worth a thousand words, unless it needs explaining
  • Myztry, on 03/07/2008, -2/+33I hope they have a hydro electric setup in there. That's some power flying out those tubes.
    • Pic0, on 03/07/2008, -0/+25NPR said yesterday they lost $3million in energy
      • Wandel, on 03/07/2008, -3/+26They installed the turbines the wrong way around?
    • yojiffyskippy, on 03/07/2008, -0/+28Actually it bypasses the hydroelectric turbines so it's wasted potential energy. There was much debate about if they should waste the energy to attempt the ecological 'experiment'.
    • topace3000, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1No way they could have turbines to harvest that much energy blasting through. The normal amount of water for generating electricity is much smaller.
  • abavoui, on 03/07/2008, -2/+0Awesome !
  • joedawson, on 03/07/2008, -4/+1Don't think the guy in picture 4 can feel too confident!! From his silhouette it looks like it's Jimmy Savile, maybe he fixed it for someone to flood the Grand Canyon ha!!!!
  • hc22, on 03/07/2008, -12/+4Why not take down the whole Glen Canyon dam? Why not restore the natural flow? I imagine the fish,Mexicans, downstream farmers, and white water riders would all benefit. As opposed to the upstream bass fishermen,corporate farmers, and suburban developers. I think the natural beneficiaries outweigh the money grubbers in the order of the universe.
    • schnikies79, on 03/07/2008, -1/+1..
    • chili555, on 03/07/2008, -1/+15I guess Arizona and Utah don't need electricity, then? Maybe we could replace it with 5 or 6 huge-ass oil-fired power plants. Or nukes...
    • metalkills, on 03/07/2008, -1/+1can you please just take this for what it is? dont go all eco-psychotic and ruin it for people
    • wolphcry, on 03/07/2008, -1/+3Yes it hurts fish, plants.... but all in all Hydro is one of the most renewable friendly power sources we have. Unlike wind and solar, it runs all night with out any interruption in service.
  • shanoo92, on 03/07/2008, -2/+0amazing
  • susan53, on 03/07/2008, -4/+0Wow! looks like a bad "B" movie scene..Where is superman?
  • madmax85, on 03/07/2008, -9/+1Looks like me when Im taking a piss
    • FlagrantDrugUse, on 03/07/2008, -0/+2You might wanna have your prostate checked out buddy.
  • Armstrong3, on 03/07/2008, -0/+18"mimic natural floods" - a.k.a. the river that used to flow through the canyon before it was damed up.
  • footodors, on 03/07/2008, -0/+10I don't get it. People from the USGS were being interviewed stating this was once in lifetime chance to see if flooding really helps, bla, blah; but they've done it twice before already...how'd that work out?
    Where does the silt come from? Is it at the bottom of Lake Mead?; but the water's clear for being so full of silt.
    • jenrzzz1, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1Lake Mead is from 50-300 feet deep... so that would make sense.
    • steely, on 03/07/2008, -0/+2This is Lake Powell, not Lake Mead. The dam is close to Page AZ.
    • ScienceDoc, on 03/07/2008, -0/+2The silt does not come from behind the dam. Only clear water. They are hoping to scour silt from the bottom of the river. The whole thing is for show.
    • usemanzana, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1the silt comes from erosion and water stirring stuff up, that's kind of the point.
  • adml_shake, on 03/07/2008, -0/+2So are they going to do this yearly to keep it from happening again, or was this a one shot deal?
    • 4idigg, on 03/07/2008, -1/+3I read an article about this the other day. They did the same flooding of the river in 1996 and again in 2004. The article also mentioned they'll need to continue doing this every couple of years to push sediment downriver. So, it sounds like it will continue to be a periodic thing.
      • SpongeBad, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1Based on the pattern I'd say every four year years.
  • czeman, on 03/07/2008, -1/+2I wonder if they warned the people on the water in pics 5 & 7. "Hey, you might want to get outta there! There are some NASTY waves heading your way!"
  • atomicwedgie, on 03/07/2008, -2/+11Wow that would be one hell of a biday setup!
  • Philbert, on 03/07/2008, -1/+1I wouldn't want to be standing there in pictures 3 and 4, it gives me shivers just looking at it.
  • riverrunner, on 03/07/2008, -1/+4This will likely not help much since the sediment coming from the dam is not nearly close to the volume of the sediment that could come from natural runoff. Also the volume of 40,000 cfs is not big enough. I just kayaked the Salt river in AZ which normally runs below 1,000 cfs but in December there was a natural flood of 90,000 cfs and another of 60,000 in January. There are now massive new sand beaches (and of course some of the old camps and part of the road are gone). Nature. It just works.
  • dwm1225, on 03/07/2008, -18/+1Pathetic and wasteful. This is a perfect example of our weak politicians giving into the minority tree hugging wackos that think a fish's life is more important than human life.
    • jmkiii, on 03/07/2008, -0/+11I would be willing to bet this kills more fish than people.
    • solistus, on 03/07/2008, -0/+3What the hell are you talking about? Every single aspect of this experiment is being done only in hopes that it might provide benefits to humans. Your trolling gets a 1/10.
    • acr2001, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1Pathetic and wasteful of what you idiot? Do you understand how the ecosystem works? Don't go spouting ***** if you don't have a CLUE what you're talking about. They are not wasting water because they only do this when there is PLENTY of it behind the dam. Where do you think that water winds up after they send it down the river anyway? It will turn back to rain at some point. If they were suffering from a drought then OBVIOUSLY they wouldn't have done this.

      Get a clue before you talk.
    • topace3000, on 03/08/2008, -0/+1What the *****? This is good for everyone!
  • S4yAnything, on 03/07/2008, -5/+0The Water hoes are sick on there
  • Phillzz, on 03/07/2008, -9/+1why nobody hear about before, no news about dam construction?
    • rubicante, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1no dam construction before about dam
  • jbmcb, on 03/07/2008, -1/+4The grand canyon is freaking awesome, and huge dams blasting out tons of water is cool as hell. Wish I was there to watch...
  • buhbyebot, on 03/07/2008, -2/+1Heard in the background from one of the engineers... "Now if we can just figure out how to turn this thing off..."
  • theguesser10, on 03/07/2008, -1/+2Wow those jets of water are huge
  • oakj423, on 03/07/2008, -2/+2i like how i get my news about the grand canyon from BBC News
  • MrBungle, on 03/07/2008, -2/+6All dams are ugly, but the Glen Canyon Dam is sinful ugly. - Ed Abbey

  • jerryterhorst, on 03/07/2008, -2/+1someone is going to get owned in picture 7
  • 60effects, on 03/07/2008, -2/+1Cannonball!!!
  • KnightofCydonia, on 03/07/2008, -1/+6They should have built an ark.
  • ruded0g, on 03/07/2008, -2/+8Maybe if all the diggers would have actually looked at the US news (sites) they would have heard about this before the BBC. But then again from what I hear, it makes you look cool to always complain about something.......
  • azcowboy290, on 03/07/2008, -4/+3Man i wish they would quit Dick teasing the canyon with water and get rid of the dams, the canyon used to be beautiful b4 the dams
    • Chakat, on 03/07/2008, -1/+5Is it really that much work to type in efore?
    • bethlagarrison, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1The juxtaposition of the pro-wildlife sentiment and the phrase "dick teasing" is really fascinating to me
  • jenrzzz1, on 03/07/2008, -0/+1For some reason Lake Powell guarantees that they will have higher water levels this year than last year.
  • kevinsboy, on 03/07/2008, -1/+1I'm surprised they are doing this this area and the rivers have been argued over and debated for years and years. If anyone is interested I would suggest two books:
    The Organic Machine -Richard White- Gives a number of varying perspectives on dam's and rivers.

    American Environmental History- Louis S. Warren- A bit more broad but still just as good.
  • tehmark, on 03/07/2008, -1/+1doesn't look like enough water strangely
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