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Salton Sea Workshop - Images

Terry

Terry

New member
A few more from yesterday at breakfast and Salvation mountain.

One of our fearless leaders


Woody with the X1


Stuart at work


Angles and shadows - old factory


Salvation Mountain
 
Guy Mancuso

Guy Mancuso

Administrator, Instructor
Just in case you are looking for a little color in your images. We hit a few spots that scream color. Warning put sunglasses on





 
Guy Mancuso

Guy Mancuso

Administrator, Instructor
What is really scary is this place. It's actually very sad and depressing if you think about it back in the 70's this was a huge recreation area with boats and fishing plus all the summer fun for kids. All gone and it really should be named a Dead Sea.

Story is the Colorado river broke the dam and flooded it out, as it is today the only fish and they are dying all over the place is Tilapia and some brine shrimp. Nothing else survives here the salinity levels are so high nothing really can make it. It's also a economical disaster which in turn makes it a completely dead waste of land and water. As you drive around you can imagine the life this place once had and it is really sad to see theses results some 30 -40 years later. Not one person in this group will ever order that fish off a menu any time soon. And yes the place smells
 
Guy Mancuso

Guy Mancuso

Administrator, Instructor
Thanks very much. I'm looking forward to everyones final postings on this workshop. Jack and I reviewed a lot of the folks images and we saw some really good stuff.
 
ustein

ustein

Contributing Editor
Guy Mancuso said:
What is really scary is this place. It's actually very sad and depressing if you think about it back in the 70's this was a huge recreation area with boats and fishing plus all the summer fun for kids. All gone and it really should be named a Dead Sea.

Story is the Colorado river broke the dam and flooded it out, as it is today the only fish and they are dying all over the place is Tilapia and some brine shrimp. Nothing else survives here the salinity levels are so high nothing really can make it. It's also a economical disaster which in turn makes it a completely dead waste of land and water. As you drive around you can imagine the life this place once had and it is really sad to see theses results some 30 -40 years later. Not one person in this group will ever order that fish off a menu any time soon. And yes the place smells
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As I understand this was a rich agricultural valley. After the dams broke they thought the sea would be gone in 10 years (now more than 100).
 
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