we did this to ourselves

As the above image demonstrates, we may be traversing new formed archipelagos of land-cliffs amidst fields that were once deep blue lakes and waterways. The culprits: Las Vegas and other fast-growing cities and towns in Colorado, Utah, and Nevada, the more arid states in the Continental U.S.
"New scientific evidence suggests that periodic long, severe droughts have become the norm in the Colorado River basin, undermining calculations of how much water the river can be expected to provide and intensifying pressures to find new solutions or sources." Read.