Owens Valley, Calif. — An aerial view of the Owens Lake bed shows a patchwork of alkali flats, gravel beds and blue-green and crimson sheets of ankle-deep water.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
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Owens Valley, Calif. — One way the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is trying to reduce the amount of dust blown up from the Owens Lake bed is by filling portions of the lake bed with gravel.
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Owens Valley, Calif. — Three people from the L.A. DWP -- Martin L. Adams, director of water operations, left; spokesman Chris Plakos; and senior hydrographer Jason Olin -- walk along a roadway built in the Owens Lake bed.
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Owens Valley, Calif. — Water pours from a spout into the Owens Lake bed. The L.A. DWP is required to flood portions of the lake bed on a regular basis to reduce dust.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
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Owens Valley, Calif. — An aerial view shows roadways crisscrossing the Owens Lake bed.
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Lone Pine, Calif. — Water pumped onto the Owens Lake bed forms little pools on the white-crusted alkali soil.
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Owens Valley, Calif. — An aerial view of the Owens Lake bed shows vast alkali flats.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
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Owens Valley, Calif. — Water wars have raged over the Owens Valley since the early 1900s, when Los Angeles had agents pose as farmers and ranchers to buy land and water rights there, then began building the aqueduct to slake the thirst of the growing metropolis more than 200 miles to the south.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
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Owens Valley, Calif. — The town of Keeler sits northeast of the Owens Lake bed.
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Owens Valley, Calif. — Dust swirls above the Owens Lake bed, forming a giant cloud.
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Owens Valley, Calif. — A dust storm creates poor visibility along California 136 near the town of Keeler and the Owens Lake bed.
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Owens Valley, Calif. — Shortly after daybreak, trucks and heavy equipment work on dust control in the Owens Lake bed.
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Owens Valley, Calif. — A dust storm fills the air along California 136 near the Owens Lake bed.
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Owens Valley, Calif. — Wayne Hopper, construction manager on the Owens Lake gravel project, watches a truck being loaded with gravel that will help control dust in the lake bed.
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Owens Valley, Calif. — Jason Olin, senior hydrographer for the L.A. Department of Water and Power, walks through vegetation growing in the Owens Lake bed.
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Owens Valley, Calif. — Water is pumped into the Owens Lake bed. The L.A. DWP uses shallow flooding to help control dust.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
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Owens Valley, Calif. — Plants sprout among the shallow water pumped into the Owens Lake bed.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
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