The Bottom of the Lake

The above is an image from Google of a park on lake Hartwell in Anderson, SC.

Here's a few shots I took while on lunch break last week.

This pier is on the bottom left of the land in the satelite image. There are many Christmas trees tied to cinder blocks near the end of the pier. People buy up the unsold trees after Christmas for almost nothing and then toss them into the lake for fish habitat.

There are old tree stumps litering the new shoreline. All of this has been under water as part of the lake for years. In many cases the soil has been washed away exposing the roots.

Beer. Beer bottles and beer cans are common litter at the bottom of the lake. Some of them look pretty old. Is it odd that there aren't any coke cans?

No Wake. Another common site is all the floating markers. Some markers are completely on land now. Some are so near the land and in such shallow water that their message is so out of place it is funny.

The lake is around thirteen feet low right now. Many areas that have been covered by water for years is being exposed to the sunlight and air again. It is interesting to walk on land that was previously covered by so much water you couldn't see it. It is interesting discover the things that have been sitting at the bottom of the lake.