[SamAdams76]

For an appreciation of scale, this is how the lake used to look on maps when it existed.

That's a lot of real estate about to go under water.

[j.havenfarm]

Yes. As the author says, it’s “wedged in between San Francisco and Los Angeles.” Big lake, but it’s not exactly “wedged” between two points that are nearly 400 miles apart

[Robert A Cook PE]

Oh look! A nice, flat, dry lakebed. Lettuce plant solar panels there!