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The article mentions the Salton Sea in passing, but left out the story of how this sea was created: the Colorado River flowed into the Salton Basin for two year
by Stratoscope 11y ago
The article mentions the Salton Sea in passing, but left out the story of how this sea was created: the Colorado River flowed into the Salton Basin for two years after a bungled engineering job on the river in 1905.
http://www.inventionandtech.com/content/lake-mistake-0 http://www.inventionandtech.com/content/lake-mistake-0 - Click the printer friendly link for a one-page view - and I wish this had the pictures that were in the original print version.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea
- Loughla 11y agoOne of the better documentaries I've seen is Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea. It goes into the history, adds the best type of humans to the mix (the kind that live near the Salton Sea), and is narrated by John Waters; I would really suggest you check it out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagues_%26_Pleasures_on_the_Salton_Sea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagues_%26_Pleasures_on_the_Sa...
- sehr 11y ago> the kind that live near the Salton Sea The Slab City folks?