whitish

The river’s reservoirs have declined dramatically amid unrelenting dry conditions over the last quarter-century, leaving the manmade lakes far below a coating of whitish minerals on rocks, where water once lapped.

“There are some of the water marks,” he said, pointing to a line of whitish minerals coating the dark volcanic boulders, where water had once lapped.

Another was left with darker skin than before - with a pale circle around her eyes, while a third has whitish scars on her lips and knees.

He groans in pain, his eyes shut and face covered in whitish spots left behind by the healing sores.

“Here you can see a lot of these pores are now filled with whitish specks,” says Dr Voight, handling a sample of drilled out rock.