A first look at the changing landscape at Northwestern Lake following the breaching of Condit Dam on the White Salmon River in Washington. I first photographed Northwestern Lake in the summer of 2011. The nearly 100-year old dam was breached on October 26, 2011, allowing the White Salmon River to flow unobstructed from the glaciers of Mount Adams to the Columbia River. I revisited the lake in January 2012 before any major winter storm events to capture the changes. This is the first in a series of repeat photographs ( click to enlarge ).