Dire Drought Causes Historic Shift in California
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During a particularly dry summer, many of the Salt Flats in Silicon Valley, California were either drained or dried up, leaving a dry-lake bed underneath.
( Aaron Meyers / Getty )
( Aaron Meyers / Getty )
Produced by Mythili Rao and Jillian Weinberger