White Water Rapids on Lake Mead?

[desertbird]

Surfing the Terra Server website, I find this right smak in the middle of the lake. WTF? :confused:
RAPIDS (http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=15&Z=11&X=111&Y=624&W=1)
How narrow are "the narrows" :jawdrop:

[Jordy]

Looks like glare from different photo angles and pictures probably taken at different times during the day. It's all patched together. ;)
http://terraserver-usa.com/tile.ashx?t=1&s=14&x=224&y=1251&z=11

[UltraLucky]

Looks like sun glare to me

[Creator]

Well that is an interesting photo. If you've ever been on mead during a windy day you'd know it gets like an ocean with 2 to 4 foot swells (not in the narrows it's the only safe place). I have never seen any rapids on Mead and I hope I never do...

[h2oski2fast]

Sun glare, but there are a coulpe of boats going through the narrows.

[No Regrets]

Funny,
@ the 01 Hallett regatta I was headed into the narrows behind a jumbo v bottom 40 footer and the rollers were about 3-4 foot from all the traffic. When trying to get throttle over one at about 25 mph that would have surely flooded my open bow 240, as I came out of the narrows, I noticed my front right rubrail & hull seam had SPLIT OPEN!!!
That section can be a little rough, but not rapids.

[desertbird]

I thought it looked neat, but strange at the same time.
I just chased the river all the way until it just about dries out at the Mexican border. :cool:
Pan around and look just HOW SMALL Hoover is in comparison to the lake! :supp:

[DeltaSigBoater]

Last August there was some rapids in Iceberg Canyon

[rmarion]

Thats pretty cool site, it sun glare, open the site and zoom in, you'll see more clearly..........
thats again for the site. :D

[burtandnancy]

Thats sun glare. The only place you find rapids near Lake Mead, is when the water level is right and you go up the Grand Canyon a few miles. Can't do it now, but in a few years it may be possible again. That is a day trip I recommend to everyone - its incredible...