California’s snowpack in the Sierra Nevada and its system of dams are looking healthy in the wake of several weeks of rain and snow that defied experts’ predictions and pulled half of the state out of drought this week.
The photos were taken on a flight from Merced, in the heart of the Central Valley, and Los Angeles, Friday:
The Central Valley appears lush and green after recent storms, with the snow-capped Sierra Nevada in the background and Interstate 5 in the foreground. March 3, 2023. The Pine Flat dam and lake, constructed in 1954, sit beneath heavily snow-covered mountains in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. March 3, 2023
The snowy high country of the Tehachapi Mountains north of Los Angeles, California, are visible on March 3, 2023. Many mountain communities were stranded by recent snowstorms.
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