The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea

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A little over 50 years ago, the Salton Sea was one of the most popular tourist attractions in the US. Right now, it's mostly known as a shithole and an environmental disaster. How did this happen? And why is there a massive lake in the middle of the desert in the first place? • Find out in this video! • Don’t forget to like and subscribe! • -------------Further Reading---------- • “The Salton Sea; an account of Harriman's fight with the Colorado River”, G. Kennan. Available at:https://archive.org/detail/saltonseaa... • “Greetings from the Salton Sea: Folly and Intervention in the Southern California Landscape”, K. Stringfellow • Salton Sea Restoration Report, Available at: https://www.everycrsreport.com/report... • -------------Image credits------------- • Joseph Barlow Lippincott papers: https://calisphere.org/collections/13... • Gentle on Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Los Angeles Times: https://latimes-graphics-media.s3.ama... • ---------------------------------------------- • gullible

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