NASA Photo ID: STS003-10-596      File Name: 10060693.jpg

Film Type: 70mm                   Date Taken: 03/30/82

Title: Lake Mead, NV

Description:

Lake Mead, Nevada, (36.0N, 114.5E) where the water from the Colorado River 
empties after it's 273 mile journey through the Grand Canyon of Arizona is 
the subject of this photo.  Other features of interest are Hoover Dam on
the  south shore of Lake Mead where cheap hydroelectric power is secondary
to the   water resources made available in this northern desert region and
the resort   city of Las Vegas, just to the west of Lake Mead.