Las Vegas & Grand CanyonJuly 13-18, 2006

Joe and Mary Jane Naumann

PowerPoint #3

Lake Mead & Hoover Dam part 2

Hoover Dam – We drove across it.

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Hoover Dam from Black Canyon

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Whole Hoover Dam Complex Seen from Black Canyon

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View from behind the dam to the far left.

Back of the dam from the parking area – view to the left.

Back of the dam – view to the right.

Closer look at the Nevada side.

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Looking down from the top of the dam.

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Photo from Will on Yahoo 360

Black Canyon below the dam

Black Canyon noncomformity – arrows show direction of strata.

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Lake Mead filling Black Canyon behind the Hoover Dam.

Parking area above the dam

Traffic on top of the dam

Hoover Dam memorial

Passing the Memorial on the way back to Las Vegas

Art deco sculptures at the memorial

Photo from Will on Yahoo 360

Photos from Will on Yahoo 360

Photo from Will on Yahoo 360

Redsandstone on the way back

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Cross-bedded Red Sandstone

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Gypsum Wash

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We stopped at Walgreens on Lake Mead Blvd. on the way back.