The somewhat famous trees at Red Hill Marina, Salton Sea. They might be long dead, but live on as a subject quite favorable among photographers visiting the area. When I was there end of November 2013, I ran into another photographer that was visiting Southern California, coming all the way down to the Salton Sea from the Bay Area.
Salton Sea
A Lake in the Desert
Saturday we went for a little road trip into the desert – it was more driving and less hiking and exploration since my knee is still on the mend after the misstep in the cave a little more than a week ago. The desert was quite busy on the Saturday of the long Thanksgiving weekend – I’ve never seen it like this before.
Sunset at Alkali Flats (Salton Sea)
After our desert hike on the Cottonwood Springs Trail in Joshua Tree National Park and a good night’s rest in La Quinta, we left the Coachella Valley for the last leg of the desert trip that Shuwen had planned for my visit: a visit to the Salton Sea. I had seen a photo of some dead trees reflecting in shallow and calm water and I only knew it was made somewhere at the Salton Sea – not much to go on from of course, but a lake in the desert?! That sounded pretty crazy and interesting anyway.