Last year when we were in Palm Springs shooting the USTA/US Open job, Scooter and I went and checked out the Salton Sea. Also see these references:
Apparently a a choice spot in the 30's and 40's but by the 50's waste from Mexico pumped in there and polluted the hell out of it. There are abandoned houses with the swingsets in the backyards, really creepy. We were on the western side and the whole area is filled with orange groves surrounding it.
I can only tell you that i have quit eating any CA oranges after this as i can imagine they are irrigated by the sea. There were dead floating fish and it stunk for miles. This thing is no small lake it measures at 376 sq. miles.
I always liked this photo i shot there at dusk, very fitting for the place.
Also a strange movie that I like with Val kilmer: The Salton Sea
It also has Peter Sarsgaard in it who has 2 of the best sketches ever based on his name on SNL in the last few years:
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