Mansfield Dam (Austin, TX) -- July 2014

During the massive drought we had, the Highlands Lakes north of Austin got lower and lower.  With no rain, and people using it to drink, bathe, etc. the levels got dangerously low.  Boats were no longer allowed on the lake because it had become too shallow.  Areas which had been underwater a few years ago were now exposed.  I'd come up here last year, and these newly-exposed lands were barren, so I didn't expect to see vegetation on them.  This was a nice pictorial of how the landscape had changed.

As a side note, the following year the rains returned, and refilled the lake back up to their normal levels.  Yeah, it happened that quick.  And all these exposed land masses were submerged once again.