Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Watching the Dams Come Down - Condit

Today a hole was blasted in the base of Condit Dam, allowing sediment to flush out as the reservoir drains.  These images are frame grabs from the real-time streaming video http://www.msilive.net/condit.html:

Condit Dam shortly after a hole was blasted in its base 
The view from downstream of Condit Dam
shortly after a hole was blasted in the base

River cutting through sediment upstream of Condit Dam


Sediment-laden water flushing downstream shortly after Condit Dam blast

Condit Dam after the blast - note the hole at the base of the dam