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Sunday, September 15, 2013

The Throne Of Salton Sea Beach

Via Flickr:
The first thing that hits you is the smell. A combination of salt water and death. The surrounding beach is made of tiny bones of fish, weathered and crushed. The lake sits directly on the San Andreas Fault and has no outlet. Dry until 1905, the Colorado River flooded and dumped it's entire content into this area creating the current Salt Lake. Eventually the Hoover Dam was built and the flooding stopped. This became a HUGE resort area in the 1950's and I think was successful all the way through the 1970's. The water has evaporated and the lake has become too salty. Run off from the surrounding farms pollutes the water. You may see the words "abandoned" and "ghost town" used to describe the Salton Sea but I assure, it's not. People still live there. Not many but they do.

The smell is so strong, I can smell it here on particularly hot and humid days. I'm over 40 miles away.

PS. Yes, I walked across all the fish bones to get to the chair

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