Nevada

Timing Lake Mead’s Seasons In the heart of the Mojave, where ancient volcanic peaks rise like sentinels from bone-dry badlands, an improbable miracle shimmers beneath the desert sun—Lake Mead, a 247-square-mile aquamarine oasis that defies every expectation of what belongs in this austere landscape. This is where 110-million-year-old Aztec sandstone cliffs plunge into waters that…