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ailsagirl

(24,254 posts) Sun Jan 30, 2022, 10:43 PM Jan 2022

I just read that Lake Tahoe is...

deeper than the Empire State Building is tall.
I had no idea!!

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I just read that Lake Tahoe is... (Original Post) ailsagirl Jan 2022 OP

About 1,350 feet deep? That's my recollection without looking it up. n/t Mister Ed Jan 2022 #1

I read 1,645 ft (501 m)‎ ailsagirl Jan 2022 #2

Ha! Good one! ("Hard to fathom") n/t Mister Ed Jan 2022 #3

Sure, now....but sdfernando Jan 2022 #4

If we humans get our shit together pumping fresh water that high without the use of fossil fuels... hunter Jan 2022 #5

Don't know how deep..... MyOwnPeace Jan 2022 #6

Crater Lake in Oregon is even deeper. DFW Jan 2022 #7

It's also the clearest lake in the United States! Emile Jan 2022 #8

It's not as clear anymore. VGNonly Jan 2022 #10

Wow, I didn't know that. Emile Jan 2022 #11

Too much development around it... Wounded Bear Jan 2022 #12

I've always known I have a fear of heights intrepidity Jan 2022 #9

Mister Ed

(6,644 posts)

1. About 1,350 feet deep? That's my recollection without looking it up. n/t

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 30, 2022, 11:01 PM

Jan 2022

ailsagirl

(24,254 posts)

2. I read 1,645 ft (501 m)‎

Reply to Mister Ed (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 30, 2022, 11:04 PM

Jan 2022

Hard to fathom

Mister Ed

(6,644 posts)

3. Ha! Good one! ("Hard to fathom") n/t

Reply to ailsagirl (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 30, 2022, 11:06 PM

Jan 2022

sdfernando

(5,795 posts)

4. Sure, now....but

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 30, 2022, 11:07 PM

Jan 2022

just wait until climate change has its way with it.

hunter

(39,628 posts)

5. If we humans get our shit together pumping fresh water that high without the use of fossil fuels...

Reply to sdfernando (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 30, 2022, 11:43 PM

Jan 2022

... for merely aesthetic reasons will be ordinary and mundane.

The surface elevation of Lake Tahoe is 6,225 ft.

MyOwnPeace

(17,339 posts)

6. Don't know how deep.....

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Sun Jan 30, 2022, 11:53 PM

Jan 2022

don't know how high......

I just know that when I saw it for the first time 20 years ago it was one of the most beautiful sites I had ever seen.....

DFW

(58,454 posts)

7. Crater Lake in Oregon is even deeper.

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Mon Jan 31, 2022, 03:26 AM

Jan 2022

594m as opposed to 501m. I am SOOO glad it was made a national park so many years ago. It took my breath away whenever I stood on its rim and looked down on the jaw-dropping view.

Emile

(35,786 posts)

8. It's also the clearest lake in the United States!

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Mon Jan 31, 2022, 05:08 AM

Jan 2022

Stretching all the way down to 1,645 feet deep, Lake Tahoe has beautiful crystal-clear waters at an elevation of 6,225 feet above sea level. Known for its phenomenal clarity, this ancient lake has the purest waters in North America, making this TheClearest Lake in the United States.

VGNonly

(8,168 posts)

10. It's not as clear anymore.

Reply to Emile (Reply #8)

Mon Jan 31, 2022, 10:36 AM

Jan 2022

The water is becoming more eutrophic, too many nutrients. Phosphorus and sediments are the main factors. Hydrologist use a secchi disk, a simple device for measuring water clarity. Clarity is dropping about 0.80 feet per year.

Emile

(35,786 posts)

11. Wow, I didn't know that.

Reply to VGNonly (Reply #10)

Mon Jan 31, 2022, 10:41 AM

Jan 2022

Wounded Bear

(62,428 posts)

12. Too much development around it...

Reply to Emile (Reply #11)

Mon Jan 31, 2022, 11:05 AM

Jan 2022

intrepidity

(8,332 posts)

9. I've always known I have a fear of heights

Reply to ailsagirl (Original post)

Mon Jan 31, 2022, 09:29 AM

Jan 2022

,but only now realized that I also have a fear of depths!

My legs went wobbly just thinking about it. And really, how crazy is that? If you're swimming or floating, 100 feet or 1000 feet should be completely irrelevant. Weird.

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