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  • Located 100 miles East of San Diego in the Imperial Valley, The Salton Sea was created in 1905 when the Colorado River and its tributaries flooded. The floodwaters filled the valley basin, creating almost overnight the largest freshwater lake in California. In the 1950's and 60's, real estate developers worked to make Salton City the next Palm Springs/Lake Tahoe, laying entire street and electricity grids, planting trees, stocking the sea with millions of game fish and dredging wharves for speedboats and yachts to accommodate vacationers. However, little attention was paid to the health of the Sea itself. <br />
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Chemical laden runoff from the surrounding agriculture of the Valley paired with rising salinity from evaporation poisoned the Salton Sea. By the 1990's fish and birds washed ashore in die offs numbering in the millions, creating a permanently foul stench in the air. Salton City, and the surrounding communities were largely abandoned to the elements. Much of the infrastructure still remains, with streets leading no where, docks over dry land and houses encrusted in salt.
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  • Capitol Columns that lined the east portico of the Capitol from 1828 to 1958 are seen in the Ellipse Meadow. National Arboretum. Washington, D.C.
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  • A large flock of birds swoop past the Washington Monument in the early morning.
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  • A forest is reflected in the still water of east branch reservoir in the early morning after sunrise near Brewster, New York.
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  • The Battle of Antietam, the single bloodiest day in American History (September 17, 1862) with over 23,000 killed, wounded or missing, began on the grounds surrounding Dunker Church, with Confederate batteries opening fire against a Union assault on Confederate positions surrounding it. The savage back and forth assaults in the cornfield adjacent to the church resulted in over 8000 casualties in a matter of hours.
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  • On the Shores of Headland Cove at Point Lobos. Carmel, CA.
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  • Pinnacle Buttes, Shoshone Wilderness. Wyoming.
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  • The unique sandstone formations that permeate the hills of Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument are seen in the afternoon light.
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  • The mouth of the Potomac river fades into the distance at first light at Point Lookout State Park, MD. Where the Potomac River meets the Chesapeake Bay.
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  • Visitors of the Lincoln Memorial are reflected in a puddle after a passing storm.
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  • On the White Pass & Yukon Railroad. Outside of Skagway, AK.
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  • Snowpack covers the landscape of Great Falls on the Maryland side of Great Falls Park.
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  • Waves of the Pacific Ocean crash against the rocky shores of Headland Cove at Point Lobos. Carmel, CA. Point Lobos holds a special place in the history of photography. It's fog-enshrouded shores were a subject of photographers such as Edward Weston, Ansel Adams and Minor White.
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  • A lone leafless tree is seen in winter along a sunken road that came to be called Bloody Lane, which played a central role in the second phase of the battle of Antietam in September 1862 as part of the American Civil War.
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  • Exploring the shoreline of St. Mary's river near historic St. Mary's City, MD. Founded in 1634, St. Mary's was the first colonial settlement and capital of Maryland.
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  • Passing storm over farmlands Southeast of Columbia Falls, MT.
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  • Aboard the historic White Pass and Yukon railroad train car.
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  • Ruins of a building are seen outside of the historic Fort Laramie in Wyoming.
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