Alexander Heilner

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The Delta of the Colorado!

October 16, 2023

After visiting the Colorado’s headwaters in August, it was a nice bookend to finally see the delta last Wednesday. Thanks to the generous support of LightHawk I was able to fly over its entire expanse to see how radically the region has changed since water effectively stopped flowing here. There’s still a lot of water, but it’s mostly tidal, coming in from the Sea of Cortez. But there are also areas where people are still farming, homesteading, and trying to rebuild the estuaries in many ways. More images to come here on my website and on Instagram in the coming weeks…

Filed Under: Aerial, Colorado River Basin, News