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The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline endorheic lake in Riverside and Imperial counties at the southern end of the U.S. state of California. It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the Salton Trough, which stretches to the Gulf of California in Mexico. The lake is about 15 by 35 miles (24 by 56 km) at its widest and longest.
The Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge has recorded 424 species of birds. Located on the Pacific flyway, heavy migrations of waterfowl, marsh and seabirds occur during spring and fall.
Salvation Mountain at the LOVE IS UNIVERSAL area; 2008 photo. Salvation Mountain is a hillside visionary environment created by local resident Leonard Knight (1931–2014) in the California Desert area of Imperial County, north of Calipatria, northeast of Niland, near the Slab City squatter/art commune, [1] and several miles from the Salton Sea.
Other primary filming locations included the Salton Sea, as well as Brawley and Barstow, California. The close-ups were later filmed in a tank filled with water and plastic seaweed. [6] In a 2016 interview, star Audrey Dalton recalled: I thought it was a very interesting experience – as all my movies were in different ways. The director ...
An air of decline and strange beauty permeates the Salton Sea, the largest lake in California that is on the verge of drying up as it competes against coastal cities for dwindling water resources ...
The book, Greetings from the Salton Sea: Folly and Intervention in the Southern California Landscape, 1905–2005, [7] was first published in 2005 by the Center for American Places. The book's publication was in part funded by a loan from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts .
The area drained by the Whitewater River is part of the larger endorheic Salton Sea drainage basin. Initially called Agua Blanco by early Spanish explorers, [ 14 ] and later translated into English as white water , the river received its name for its milky appearance created by the silicate and lime sediments it carries. [ 15 ]
The rotting, polluted lake is poisoning residents and wildlife. Interest in the lithium deposits under the Salton Sea could bring attention to the environmental crisis.