"Ugly brown rings where waves used to lap at the shore. Dry docks lying on desiccated silt. Barren boat ramps. Trickles of water." Those are just some of the disturbing images California's Department of Water Resources team saw in an aerial tour of Northern California's Folsom Lake, Lake Oroville and Shasta reservoirs released this week...

The dramatic aerial views timelapsed from just a year ago show the level of devastation already... and it's not about to get any better...

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Source: SFGate.com