Coasting the Roads Near the Salton Sea Posted on March 24, 2016 by The Ramble An abandoned couch rests in front of a dilapidated graffiti shack at Salton Sea Beach. A broken television set sits surrounded by fire rubble at Salton Sea Beach. Visitor Lisa Zocco takes in the receding shoreline of the Salton Sea. Posts sticking out of the sands surrounding Salton Sea Beach stand tall. Just a few of hundreds of dead tilapia fish poisoned by the too-salty Salton Sea. A stranded chair rests on a soft sand island in the Salton Sea. Up close, the elegant fabric of a stranded chair is reminiscent of the booming waterfront community that used to thrive at the Salton Sea. On the way to Slab City, California, a destroyed strip mall is covered in late afteroon shadows. Visitor Lisa Zocco scavenges for visually interesting waste to include in her found out. Part of a destroyed building on the way to Slab City, California boasts graffiti reading, “USA.” The gates remain open at a destroyed strip mall on the way to Slab City, California. Mr. Sterling sits on the window sill of a destroyed storefront on the way to Slab City. Salvation Mountain, part of the Slab City Community, boasts messages of Godly love. The painted surface of Salvation Mountain bask in the sunset light of the surrounding desert. The interior of a structure next door to Salvation Mountain reminds some of a Dr. Seuss illustration. A close-up on paint detail at Salvation Mountain is reminiscent of Rauschenberg paintings. Visitor Lisa Zocco searches for photos at an abandoned recycling plant in Niland, California. Birds nests rest nestled against the ceiling and a lighting fixture. The front of Niland, California’s abandoned recycling plant is highlighted by the last rays of the day’s sunlight. One of a few doors of Niland’s abandoned recycling plant reflects the onset of dusk. Another of Niland, California’s abandoned recycling plant rests boarded and chained. A pile of bird excretion rests at the bottom of a painted pillar at an abandoned recycling plant in Niland, California Images can be found both high and low, in focus and out. The painted surface of a Niland, California abandoned recycling plant is reminiscent of a new take on a Mark Rothko painting. The abandoned recycling plant is covered in many manifestations of unintended takes on modern art. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Like Loading...