Salton Sea Photos

Burrowing owl (Western North American race hypugaea). This 10-inch-tall burrowing owl is standing besides its burrow. These burrows are usually created by squirrels, prairie dogs, or other rodents and even turtles, and only rarely dug by the owl itself.
Species: Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia, Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22477  

Burrowing owl (Western North American race hypugaea). This 10-inch-tall burrowing owl is standing besides its burrow. These burrows are usually created by squirrels, prairie dogs, or other rodents and even turtles, and only rarely dug by the owl itself.
Species: Burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia, Athene cunicularia hypugaea
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22478  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22487  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22488  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22489  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22490  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22491  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22492  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22493  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22494  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22495  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22496  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22497  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22498  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22499  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22500  

Bombay Beach, lies alongside and below the flood level of the Salton Sea, so that it floods occasionally when the Salton Sea rises. A part of Bombay Beach is composed of derelict old trailer homes, shacks and wharfs, slowly sinking in the mud and salt.
Location: Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
Image ID: 22501  

Salvation Mountain, near the desert community of Slab City and the small town of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. Built over several decades by full-time resident Leonard Knight, who lives at the site, Salvation Mountain was built from over 100,000 gallons of paint, haybales, wood and metal and was created by Mr. Knight to convey the message that "God Loves Everyone".
Location: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California
Image ID: 22506  

Salvation Mountain, near the desert community of Slab City and the small town of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. Built over several decades by full-time resident Leonard Knight, who lives at the site, Salvation Mountain was built from over 100,000 gallons of paint, haybales, wood and metal and was created by Mr. Knight to convey the message that "God Loves Everyone".
Location: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California
Image ID: 22507  

Salvation Mountain, near the desert community of Slab City and the small town of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. Built over several decades by full-time resident Leonard Knight, who lives at the site, Salvation Mountain was built from over 100,000 gallons of paint, haybales, wood and metal and was created by Mr. Knight to convey the message that "God Loves Everyone".
Location: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California
Image ID: 22508  

Salvation Mountain, near the desert community of Slab City and the small town of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. Built over several decades by full-time resident Leonard Knight, who lives at the site, Salvation Mountain was built from over 100,000 gallons of paint, haybales, wood and metal and was created by Mr. Knight to convey the message that "God Loves Everyone".
Location: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California
Image ID: 22512  

Salvation Mountain, near the desert community of Slab City and the small town of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. Built over several decades by full-time resident Leonard Knight, who lives at the site, Salvation Mountain was built from over 100,000 gallons of paint, haybales, wood and metal and was created by Mr. Knight to convey the message that "God Loves Everyone".
Location: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California
Image ID: 22513  

Salvation Mountain, near the desert community of Slab City and the small town of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. Built over several decades by full-time resident Leonard Knight, who lives at the site, Salvation Mountain was built from over 100,000 gallons of paint, haybales, wood and metal and was created by Mr. Knight to convey the message that "God Loves Everyone".
Location: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California
Image ID: 22514  

Salvation Mountain, near the desert community of Slab City and the small town of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. Built over several decades by full-time resident Leonard Knight, who lives at the site, Salvation Mountain was built from over 100,000 gallons of paint, haybales, wood and metal and was created by Mr. Knight to convey the message that "God Loves Everyone".
Location: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California
Image ID: 22515  

Salvation Mountain, near the desert community of Slab City and the small town of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. Built over several decades by full-time resident Leonard Knight, who lives at the site, Salvation Mountain was built from over 100,000 gallons of paint, haybales, wood and metal and was created by Mr. Knight to convey the message that "God Loves Everyone".
Location: Salvation Mountain, Niland, California
Image ID: 22516  

Farms meet desert south of the Salton Sea, near Brawley.
Location: Salton Sea, Brawley, California
Image ID: 22132  

Farms meet desert south of the Salton Sea, near Brawley.
Location: Salton Sea, Brawley, California
Image ID: 22133  

Brawley (right), Westmorland (center) and Salton Sea (top), farms, Imperial County.
Location: Brawley, California
Image ID: 22136  

Desert, foothills and washes, west of the Salton Sea on the border of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, aerial view.
Image ID: 22137  

Volcanic cinder cones and foothills, west of Salton Sea.
Location: Salton Sea, California
Image ID: 22138