Caption

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, The Elephant Butte reservoir on the Rio Grande holds water for southern New Mexico and western Texas, but is only 7% full due to the drought in the southwestern United States. When full, most all of the land shown here, except the distant hills, was underwater

Date

Jun 27, 2021

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK25B57_154

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

70,2Mb (5,7Mb) / 20,2in x 13,5in / 6066 x 4044 (300dpi)

Keywords

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