Photos Show Extreme Drought In U.S. Southwest:

Photos of Lake Mead show drought's devastating effects on US's largest reservoir forcing marina to move 1,000ft into the water

GREG WOODFIELD, AT LAKE MEAD, NEVADA, FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

• Astonishing DailyMail.com photos lay bare the devastating effects of severe drought conditions on Lake Mead in Nevada 
• Decaying carp and catfish now lie on the dry, cracked earth where only a few months ago boats and pleasure craft were setting out from a busy launch area on the country's largest man-made lake
• The water level of the reservoir is now just 1,052ft above sea level, compared to 1,085ft in January last year, with every foot drop representing roughly 30ft of lost shoreline
• The striking images come as teams of divers work on moving three of the lake's major marinas - that are now in danger of being marooned on dry land - at least 1,000ft further out into the lake 
• 'We are talking about moving 170 concrete anchors that weigh 12,000lbs each,' general manager Kim Roundtree told DailyMail.com. 'Marina moves are 60 to 80ft each time. And we can't move the whole marina at one time because it is too big'
• Boulder Harbor is one of four launch areas on the lake that have now been closed due to the level emergency, leaving just one at Las Vegas marina near Lake Mead National Recreation Center's visitor center
• On Callville Bay Marina, on the northern shore of the lake's western arm, stand a series of markers indicating the changing water levels for 2008, 2018, and 2021
• The one for 2008 is firmly planted up a steep concrete ramp, now used as a parking lot for visitors, with the 2018 marker -450ft further in, and the most recent, 2021, another 142ft away

A lone coyote scavenges for dead fish lying on dry, cracked earth, which just a few months ago was the site of a busy launch area for boats and pleasure craft setting out on Lake Mead.

Now, the water in the bowl of Boulder Harbor in Nevada, has vanished entirely, leaving behind newly exposed shoreline as revealed in these astonishing DailyMail.com photos.

In front of the concrete jetty, dead carp and catfish lay rotting in the punishing Nevada sun after being stranded when the reservoir's waters receded to now-critical levels.

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The marauding coyote in the harbor is the latest devastating symbol of the potential environmental catastrophe facing America's largest man-made lake, 30 miles from Las Vegas.

Boulder Harbor, on the western side of Lake Mead, is approached by a long and wide sloping concrete roadway suitable for large boat trailers.

It is formed from a shallow bowl that opens into a channel that would normally give pleasure craft access to the wider waters of the massive lake.

Astonishing DailyMail.com photos lay bare the devastating effects of severe drought conditions at Lake Mead in Nevada. The newly exposed shoreline now reeks of decaying fish scattered across dry, cracked earth. Pictured: A lone coyote scavenges for food among the carcasses of dead fish in Boulder Harbor

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