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Tempe Town Lake Photos: Bird's Eye View of the Emptied Lake

The giant balloon dam pooling the Salt River into Tempe Town Lake burst last night, sending 750 million gallons of water downstream. Last night we brought you photos of the immediate aftermath.Today, we received three photos taken from the seventh floor of the Hayden Ferry building that help put things...

By Martin Cizmar

July 21, 2010

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The giant balloon dam pooling the Salt River into Tempe Town Lake burst last night, sending 750 million gallons of water downstream. Last night we brought you photos of the immediate aftermath.

Today, we received three photos taken from the seventh floor of the Hayden Ferry building that help put things in scale. Click them, and they get giant.

See more after the jump.

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