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Iconic Hoover Dam lights up in turquoise for lung health

Iconic Hoover Dam lights up in turquoise for lung health
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Justin Sullivan
<p>LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, AZ - MAY 12: A tall bleached 'bathtub ring' is visible behind the Hoover Dam on May 12, 2015 in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Arizona. As severe drought grips parts of the Western United States, Lake Mead, which was once the largest reservoir in the nation, has seen its surface elevation drop below 1,080 feet above sea level, its lowest level since the construction of the Hoover Dam in the 1930s. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)</p>
Iconic Hoover Dam lights up in turquoise for lung health
Posted at 3:43 PM, May 12, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-12 18:43:39-04
BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) - The iconic Hoover Dam near Las Vegas was lit up in turquoise in honor of National Women's Lung Health Week.
 
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the National Historic Landmark changed colors for two hours Thursday night.
 
The Hoover Dam opened in 1936, generating the first electric power produced by the dam.
 
Located at the Nevada-Arizona border, the Hoover Dam and other Colorado River facilities now provide drinking water and hydropower to about 40 million residents, farms, tribes and businesses in seven states in the Southwest.
 
The High Roller observation wheel on the Las Vegas Strip also marked the occasion by coordinating its colors to turquoise.
 
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