I called you last night in the hotel. Everyone knows but they won't tell
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Another attempt at light painting.
Dan-oh and I are still working on our light painting techniques. We need to make sure we don't appear in the shot - but I think this was a cool shot anyway.
We places our cameras on tripods, opened the shutter, and then walked around and illuminated the motel with strobes (flashes).
I learned that the motel was razed beginning on Monday of this week. Talk about timing! I wish I had taken more photos of the motel before the demolition, though. :-(
North Shore Motel
Salton Sea, California
The Salton Sea is an incongruous sight: a huge body of water in the middle of a desert. And with good reason. California's largest lake was created purely by accident in 1905 when floodwaters from the Colorado River burst past a series of dams and settled in a naturally salty depression more than 228 feet below sea level. Ever since, the lake has been a Southern California oasis, rich in wildlife. Its future, however, is in doubt.
The Salton Sea was once a popular place for boating, swimming, fishing, etc., but an increase in the salt level of the water caused large numbers of fish to die and the water became foul. This, in addition to a couple of hurricanes in the 1970's, caused the communities surrounding the sea to deteriorate.
I called you last night in the hotel. Everyone knows but they won't tell
Best viewed large
Another attempt at light painting.
Dan-oh and I are still working on our light painting techniques. We need to make sure we don't appear in the shot - but I think this was a cool shot anyway.
We places our cameras on tripods, opened the shutter, and then walked around and illuminated the motel with strobes (flashes).
I learned that the motel was razed beginning on Monday of this week. Talk about timing! I wish I had taken more photos of the motel before the demolition, though. :-(
North Shore Motel
Salton Sea, California
The Salton Sea is an incongruous sight: a huge body of water in the middle of a desert. And with good reason. California's largest lake was created purely by accident in 1905 when floodwaters from the Colorado River burst past a series of dams and settled in a naturally salty depression more than 228 feet below sea level. Ever since, the lake has been a Southern California oasis, rich in wildlife. Its future, however, is in doubt.
The Salton Sea was once a popular place for boating, swimming, fishing, etc., but an increase in the salt level of the water caused large numbers of fish to die and the water became foul. This, in addition to a couple of hurricanes in the 1970's, caused the communities surrounding the sea to deteriorate.