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Salton Sea
I drove down to Palm Desert with my friend Niles to see David Sedaris.  We got there early and decided to check out the Salton Sea.
Date(s): November 26, 2012. Album by Dennis Morley. Photos by Dennis Morley. 1 - 12 of 27 Total. 149 Visits.
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An eerie calm lay over the sea.

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That's not a sandy beach.  It's a mixture of salt formations, crustacean skeletons, and fish bones.  Pass the tanning butter!

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The sun hanging low.

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Niles in deep thought.

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These pelicans are born brown, but the salt bleaches them white. (I made that up.)

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Coming in for a landing.

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Because of the high salinity, everything floats higher in the water.  (I didn't make that up.)

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An old trailer dissolving into the salt earth.

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The salt eats away at everything.

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Only skeletons remain.

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What's left of an old trailer that collapsed into the ground.

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It's like acid.

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