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Zen Den Friday: Tahoe Live Cam

Zen Den Friday

It’s a double zen day with our Lake Tahoe Live Cam. We couldn’t pass up a capture of the sunset yesterday at 4:23 p.m. Can you see the white caps and crevices on the pink, back-lit mountain peaks?

  • The Lake Tahoe Basin is divided by the Nevada-California State line, with about one-third of the basin in Nevada and two-thirds in California.
  • The basin is surrounded by mountain peaks of the Sierra Nevada to the west and the Carson Range to the east.
  • With an average surface elevation of 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the highest lake of its size in the United States.

Read more at USGS.