Shrinking Lake
Personal memory by Nadja Robot
2012 • Lake Mendocino, California, USA
I remember visiting the lake many times when I was a kid growing up in Ukiah. I drove past the lake a few years ago when I was visiting my father in Upper Lake and was shocked to see how much the lake had shrunk in the years I'd been away.
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