What’s in the mysterious waters of Tulare Lake? Contaminants, egrets and many unknowns
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Out on the water, a silence hangs in the air and the sun's harsh glare reflects off the lake's still surface. Small fish float belly-up alongside snakelike tubes of irrigation piping. Five feet below, abandoned chicken coops, dairy barns and equipment sheds slowly rot, their shapes blurred in the murky green water. The Central Valley summer heat is…