Elephant Butte and the Rio Grande 2003

Elephant Butte Lake is 90 feet below normal.

Looking back at the lake from the road that leads to the dam.

The Marina at Elephant Butte

Kettle Top is completely out of the water.

Mesilla Valley with the Organ Mountains in the background.

Picacho Peak in the morning light.

Believe it or not, the foreground sand is the Rio Grande!

I have never seen the Rio Grande without any water.

Gary walks out into the middle of the Rio Grande.