A 710-foot concrete wall on the Colorado River has 27.85 feet of water left above the line where its eight turbines shut down before vapor bubbles pit the steel. The lake behind it sits 40 feet from the bottom of a gauge never built to read water that low

1.0Autonotionhttps://www.autonocion.com/usLuis Reyeshttps://www.autonocion.com/us/author/luisreyes/A 710-foot concrete wall on the Colorado River has 27.85 feet of water left above the line where its eight turbines shut down before vapor bubbles pit the steel. The lake behind it sits 40 feet from the bottom of a gauge never built to read water that lowrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lDtvgYaeL5"><a href="https://www.autonocion.com/us/gauge-ends-lake-powell-3477-feet/">A 710-foot concrete wall on the Colorado River has 27.85 feet of water left above the line where its eight turbines shut down before vapor bubbles pit the steel. The lake behind it sits 40 feet from the bottom of a gauge never built to read water that low</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.autonocion.com/us/gauge-ends-lake-powell-3477-feet/embed/#?secret=lDtvgYaeL5" width="600" height="338" title="“A 710-foot concrete wall on the Colorado River has 27.85 feet of water left above the line where its eight turbines shut down before vapor bubbles pit the steel. The lake behind it sits 40 feet from the bottom of a gauge never built to read water that low” — Autonotion" data-secret="lDtvgYaeL5" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.autonocion.com/us/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.autonocion.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Glen-Canyon-Dam-Lake-Powell-768x432.jpg600338