Hoover Dam
Over the past century, humans have built thousands of large dams, including the Hoover Dam (pictured). Water: H2O = Life, opening July 19 at the San Diego Natural History Museum, explores the many human uses of water.
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Upper Lake, Glendalough, Ireland
The exhibition Water: H2O = Life explores one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century: humanity’s sustainable management and use of the life-giving, but finite, resource—water.
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Cambodian Fishing Village
One of the dioramas featured in the exhibition Water: H2O = Life recreates a Cambodian fishing village floating on Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. Visible under the “water” is a model of the Mekong giant catfish.
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Dead trees on western shore of the Salton Sea.
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Photo by Michael Field, SDNHM
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Heron and trash, Ventura Harbor
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Photo by Michael Field, SDNHM
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Agua Caliente Creek along the Pacific Crest Trail, North San Diego County
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Photo by Michael Field, SDNHM
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