Oasis of Lost Dreams

A vast inland sea that was once an exclusive playground for the affluent is now an environmental catastrophe of epic proportions. This is a photo-essay documenting paradise lost in the Salton Sea.

Sunrise over the empty streets is reflected in a local abandoned storefront in the Salton Sea, California.
Peering through a punched hole in the front door of a home that was left intact as its occupants fled.
A gateway to a suburb housing development that never happened due to the collapse of the Salton Sea.
Angels adorn the dashboard of a long-abandoned vehicle baking in the desert California desert.
The cutting wind of the desert has dissected a trailer home, exposing its contents.
A house looms at the very edge of the polluted and stagnating water of the Salton Sea.
Sunrise over the decaying remnants of a once lush palm grove.
Street art covers an abandoned water tower.
The over saturated salt waters of the Salton Sea make quick work of a piano left on its crusty shoreline.
Salton Sea resident stops to chat during his sunset cruise.
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West Coast, USA