California drought bare: Photos show how reservoir is almost COMPLETELY dry as NASA is brought in to help with the crisis

ByAssociated Pressand Daily Mail Reporters

• Folson  Lake, northeast of Sacramento California, has lost 80 percent of its water  capacity in 2.5 years
• Pictures  released by NASA this week show the dam almost full in 2011 with a capacity of  97 percent
• Today it  stands at 17 percent
• Lake is so low the remains of a Gold  Rush-era ghost town – which was flooded to create  the lake in the 1950s – are  visible for the first time in years
• Governor Jerry Brown has declared a  drought emergency, seeking federal aid as water drops dangerously low and  proposing a $687.4 million relief package
• Ten rural communities have fewer than 60  days’ supply of water
• NASA is now  working with the California Department of Water Resources to help the state  manage its water resources

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2567911/NASA-turns-research-California-drought.html