Let's Do Something Awesome

Standing in muck on the edge of California’s largest lake, it takes some convincing to believe this eerie expanse of blue was once a destination for tourists and desert dwellers alike. In it’s present state the resorts, vacation homes and pleasure seekers of the Salton Sea are long gone, with little more than death and decay remaining on the shore.

The town of Bombay Beach looks like something out of a horror film. We walked with our eyes on the ground, taking care to step around the hundreds of fish skeletons that littered the small section of beach. We saw the remains of a newly-fallen seabird, and another that was barely identifiable, swallowed by algae and sludge. Salt has eaten up everything here, and the evidence is both cruel and beautiful.

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