Salton Sea

美国加州南端的索尔顿湖的历史只有一百多年，几十年前成为度假胜地，观鸟也很受欢迎，因为索尔顿湿地是鸟在太平洋飞行路线上的主要休息点。 但是早在 1970 年，索尔顿湖开始缩小，变得不适合野生动物栖息。随着海水盐度上升，索尔顿湖里的大鱼大量死亡，它们的尸体经常使海滩变得枯萎，旅游业急剧减少。 就是在两百公里远的洛杉矶，那里的人们有时会闻到索尔顿湖的气味。

The Salton Sea, at the southern tip of California, is a shallow inland water with high concentrations of salt. The lake was formed by water entering the Colorado River in 1905. As local agriculture uses water more efficiently, the runoff flowing into the lakes decreases, and the lakes begin to shrink, becoming a very distinctive place.

[View] Very beautiful place, it is worth seeing, there are lighthouses that can be climbed up and looked far, very interesting, most locals [interest] worth hiking or off-road mountain bikes, very fun! recommend

The history of the Salton Sea is worthy of an epic novel. Check out the visitors center to watch the movie and then drive around and look. Did not go over to the east side, but Slab City is there and might be worth checking out as it was featured in the movie, "Into the Wild". West side had houses with boat ramps and docks that were high and dry with little hope of having water again.

The Salton Sea, at the southern tip of California, is a shallow inland water with high concentrations of salt, formed by water entering the Colorado River in 1905. Since 1900, an irrigation canal has been dug from the Colorado River to the Old Alamo River to provide water for agriculture. The Solton Sea will dry out naturally, but because farmers use a lot of water, the excess water flows into the Solton Sea, maintaining the water level. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Sea of Solton became a resort, and its area developed with hotels and holiday homes. Bird watching was also popular as the Solton wetlands were the main resting point for birds on the Pacific flight route. But as early as 1970, scientists began to warn that the Solton Sea would continue to shrink and become more unsuitable for wildlife. By the 1980s, pollution from farm runoff contributed to outbreaks and spread, leading to mass deaths in bird populations. As salinity rises, the sea's large fish die in large numbers, their bodies often shrivel beaches and tourism declines sharply. By this century, the sea continues to shrink as local agriculture uses water more efficiently. The dry seabed is exposed to wind and sand, and polluted dust is blown to nearby communities, two hundred kilometers away in Los Angeles, where people sometimes smell the Solton Sea.