Greetings From The Salton Sea - Folly and Intervention in the Southern California Landscape, 1905 - 2005 Natural History 000 Map revised - 2005

000 Map revised - 2005

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Greetings From The Salton Sea - Folly and Intervention in the Southern California Landscape, 1905 - 2005 Natural History 000 Map revised - 2005The Salton Sea is a man made catastrophe, redolent with the smell of algae and decomposing fish. Nevertheless, the lake's vast, placid expanses continue to attract birdwatchers, tourists and artists. In Greetings from the Salton Sea, photographer Kim Stringfellow explores the history of California's largest lake from its disastrous beginningsthe "sea" was formed when Colorado River levees broke and spilled into a depression 280 feet below sea levelto