Yesterday I took another trip to the Salton Sea, as part of my ongoing little photography project.  Skies were partly cloudy, which made things a little more hit and miss than usual, but having that texture there was really nice when the photos did work.

Still so much to discover… I was driving along a nameless road, toward the old Salton Sea Naval Air Station, which is where they tested the casing for the A-Bomb back in the 40s.  Not sure if there’s anything there to photograph anymore, except some ruined foundations and the remnants of an airstrip, but I thought I’d go see anyway.  Unfortunately, the road was completely covered by sand dunes about 4 miles from the main highway.  I took a couple of them in my Honda Element, but stopped short of a monster 15-foot-high pile of sand lying right across the road… technically the Element is AWD, but with the stock tires and no one there to bail me out, I thought better of taking the gamble… another adventure for another day, I guess…

Right before that dune sat this burned out truck.  Not sure how it ended up there, but there it was.  Still not sure if I like this picture more, or the one looking the other way where you can see the dune.

Stranded

Also found some other new stuff to photograph, and revisited some old…

Save The Sea

Salton Sea Yacht Club (sic)

Sundial

Pants

Sidewinder Golf Course

Sea View

Use Boat Ramp At Your Own Risk

And finally, a little homage to Christopher Griffith – wasn’t thinking of this when I casually snapped the pic, but it works as a treatment for the photo, I think.  Christopher Griffith is a badass, and if you haven’t seen his book States, then you really are missing out.  One of my favorite photo books of all time.  He has a new one out, too, which I have yet to pick up.  Anyway…

Cut Off

Next time, I’m bringing a map…

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