Department of Water and Power released about 400,000 black plastic 4-inch balls as the first installment of approximately 3 million to form a floating cover over 7 acres of the reservoir to protect the water from sunlight.Really? It's come to that, that we need to protect the water from the Sun?
Incidentally, that blog, The Big Picture, is absolutely worth your time! I'm not going to steal their visual thunder, so go see the incredible pictures yourself!
Update: I'm just joking here. I don't think LA's in some kind of disaster - it's just kinda odd.
That's pretty awesome lookin'. By the way, it's not to keep the water from evaporating; I was wondering why the balls were black.
ReplyDeleteIt's to keep bromine and chloride from reacting to make a carcinogen.
Right - I didn't mean to imply that it was to protect the water from "being destroyed" (er, evaporated). You're right, it's to protect US!
ReplyDeleteBut the idea that sunlight hitting water is something that we need to prevent for our own safety...that's pretty remarkable.