In what has become a much-anticipated sight, the morning glory spillway at Lake Berryessa is now active after this week's storms.
There’s really nothing like it. It’s a very odd-looking spillway that just disappears into the void. You almost have to see ...
The unique water management design will probably remain active for several weeks. 'It's definitely worth seeing,' one official said.
The Glory Hole acts as flood mitigation for the the manmade lake, serving as a massive funnel once water levels reach about 440 feet. Last year, water levels at the spillway edged on the brink of ...
The spillway at Lake Berryessa, known as the “Morning Glory Hole,” was activated this week for the first time in six years. Chris Lee, the general manager of the Solano County Water Agency, told KCRA ...
Activated in 2017, and again in 2019, its long dormancy captures well the effects of the droughts California has suffered ...
And just east of Napa Valley, a rare not-fully-natural phenomenon was observed for the first time since 2019: Water began gushing, furiously, through a spillway in Lake Berryessa. The eye-catching ...
Water flows into the spillway at the Monticello Dam in Napa County's Lake Berryessa in 2019. (Terry Chea / Associated Press) ...