Images reveal extent of Taiwan drought
Lena Chang and Erin Newport
18 May 2021
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In a normal year, water laps against the pilings of Ita Thao Pier, which offers tourists views of vast, blue Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan.
But this year the pier stretches across an expanse of cracked mud, exposed by the lake’s record-low water level. Fishing nets and other debris are baked into the earth like fossils. When Greenpeace visited in late April, a handful of tourists wandered across the lakebed, taking photos of the barren landscape.