SONNY BONO SALTON SEA NAT. WILDLIFE REFUGE, CALIFORNIA

 

SALTON SEA BEACH - Betsy Wemyss Photograph

 

"This is the most bizarre stuff. It's not [mineral] sand, but this is what constitutes the beaches at Salton Sea. It appears to be barnacle shells. There are miles and miles of this stuff - it makes up the beach along the shoreline. I dug a hole in the beach with my foot, and [the shells] go deep. It is deep enough to fill in itself as I keep digging. The shoreline is receding as the sea shrinks. The saline level of the water increases as the sea shrinks. The place stinks! The birds love it! The Salton Sea is a stopping point for migrating birds. They rest on the ewater, and eat some disgusting sea worm that flouishes in the saline water. It's a free buffet line for the birds. But it is not an inviting place for humans. Very odd. The whole place is very odd. That's what made it such a fun visit! - Betsy Wemyss
International Space Station 180mm Photograph Image credit:  Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center

 

 

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There literally could be dozens of additional images from this sample! I had to bring this to a stop and actually make the page. I might go back at a later date and do some more; the sample is amazing! - Charles F. Lindgren

  

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The same is true for Gary's sample. There could be more images to follow!

  

 

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