[OT] Dry lakes
cklester wrote:
>
> Jeremy Peterson wrote:
> > Kat wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Water is a option in lakes, but as people drown in it, i think it
> > >> should not be an option. Sheesh.
> > > If there's no water in your "lake," it's not a lake; it's just a hole. You
> > > can't drive your boat in a hole.
> > > -=ck
> > But if it just hasn't rained in a while it's still a lake, but you call it
> > an
> > "empty lake".
>
> It is no longer a lake. There's no such thing as an empty lake. The very
> definition of lake requires water. Otherwise, it's a hole.
>
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What about Rogers and Rosamond dry lakes at Edwards Air Force Base? Or
Lucerne Dry Lake in the Mojave? Etc., etc.
Or you could call it a Playa and go to the Burning Man Festival in the
Black Rock desert.
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