The video describes how Lake Mead is drying up. Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States. It was created when the Hoover Dam was built across the Colorado River. It supplies water to the majority of the population in southwestern corner of the United States. In the past couple of years it has been drying up after then expected. More water is being consumed then can be naturally replenished. In the video you can see clips where you can see past water level markings on the rock face. Those water marks are fresh with only a couple years in between.
The stories is set in a distant future. A possible future where Lake Mead has dried out. Causing the Colorado River to be covered with a 100 dams. To try to get as much water possible to the consumers and producers in the surrounding area. The ending to the story was a very nice surprise. It seems our explores found a paradise in a dead land by following a river to its end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acHhD67I9yw
http://www.patagonia.com/us/patagonia.go?assetid=62630
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