The Salton Sea (26 images)

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  • Andrew Foulk/ For High Country News.Most roads that take you to the sea shore are not paved.

  • A train is lit by the sinking sun as an abandoned lounge chair sits in a lagoon next to the Salton Sea.

  • Andrew Foulk/For High Country News.Rows of greens soak up the morning sun just north of the Salton Sea..

  • Field workers pick crops near the north end of the Salton Sea.

  • New crops get watered as the Salton Sea sits behind.

  • A dead Talapia lays on a beach near the north shore of the Salton Sea.

  • Seagulls take to the skies from the shore at a wild life refuge on the east side of the sea.

  • After the Salton Sea started to rise and take over the land a dike had to be built to save the rest of Bombay Beach from being destroyed.

  • Wire hanging from the roof of an abandoned house in Bombay Beach has been transformed into in eire looking face.

  • Many of the homes in Bombay Beach look like this one, abandoned, ransacked, and looted.

  • Andrew Foulk/ For High Country News.A lounge chair sits in a lagoon that borders the Salton Sea.

  • Andrew Foulk/For High Country News.An SUV drives south on highway 111 the main through-fair on the eastern side of the sea. Behind it lay the closed down remnants of the Corvina Cafe a onetime stop for those taking the same route.

  • Weeds grow up from the parking lot of a closed motel in the North Shore.

  • The pool at this motel in the North Shore is being slowly taken back by the desert from the years of being abandoned.

  • The North Shore once was the place to be when visiting the Salton Sea, now it is not far from being a ghost town

  • The midday sun looms over the Salton Sea on a very calm day.

  • Andrew Foulk/ For High Country News.The deserts colors come alive as the sun slowly makes its final decent of the day over the sea.

  • Andrew Foulk/ For High Country News.An old van sits on the sand covered in rust on the Salton Sea side of the dike in Bombay Beach.

  • Andrew Foulk/For High Country News.The suns rays illuminate the once great shore line at Bombay Beach. The area was once a thriving resort area with bars and nightclubs until the sea took the land back and a dike had to be made to save the rest of the town.

  • Andrew Foulk/For High Country News.A lounge chair sit in a lagoon next to the sea as the sun makes its final presence over the sea.

  • Wild flowers silhouette the sun in the desert on the eastern side of the sea.

  • Wild flowers line the sides of highway 111 the main route on the eastern side of the Salton Sea.

  • A colony of seagulls take fight above on-looking pelicans on the remains of what was once a marina near Salton City.

  • Andrew Foulk/ For High Country News.A lone baby tumble weed grows in the middle of the desert floor near the west side of the Salton Sea.

  • An SUV heads north on highway 86S passing a sign that used to bring tourist in to Salton City during the good old days.

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