Salton Sea's version of Area 51

Somebody decided to turn an abandoned encampment into some sort of alien portal. Desert weirdness at the Salton Sea. You can reach this place by driving just a little south of the Bombay Beach exit on Hwy 111.

I have several hundred Salton Sea photos - including many of what is seen in this video - on my Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/slworking/sets/72157605264326878/

The Salton Sea was once a popular place for boating, swimming, fishing, etc., but an increase in the salt level of the water caused large numbers of fish to die and the water became foul. This, in addition to a couple of hurricanes in the 1970's, caused the communities surrounding the sea to deteriorate.

The Salton Sea was recently featured on Life After People on the History Channel.

Grand reopening of the Salton Sea History Museum. Now located at 72-120 S. Lincoln Street (end of road across creek), Mecca, CA 92254

News video: http://www.kesq.com/video/30403959/index.html

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salton-Sea-History-Museum/125597164130869

Museum homepage: http://www.saltonseamuseum.org/

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[ytrogergt]

horrible audio

[slworking2]

@ytrogergt It was extremely windy when I shot this - and I didn't think to do a voice over - like I do now.

[jasonmit]

It always seems to be windy there.

[slworking2]

@jasonmit Yeah, it's often windy in the desert. Kind of makes it easier for people like you to deal with the heat. ;-)

[davidsquall351]

I was waiting for the X-Files theme song to start playing...lol

[slworking2]

@davidsquall351 Good sound track idea for my next vid of this place. :D

[boldero66]

is this the old japanese internmen camp by glamis north koa?

[slworking2]

@eschmutt The previous alien had blown down several months ago. Recently, somebody installed a new one.

[eschmutt]

Last year you went here and took the same intro shot but the alien is in the same place but different. Why?